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alternative geographies (plus: a book deal!) (opens the original)
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A few years ago (I’ll admit, while watching Master of None on Netflix), I came across the “Fig Tree” passage of Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar:I saw my life branching out before me like the green fig-tree in the story.From the tip of every branch, like a fat purple fig, a wonderful future beckoned and winked. One fig was a husband and a happy home and children, and another fig was a famous poet and another fig was a brilliant professor, and another fig was Ee Gee, the amazi
contrast therapy (opens the original)
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I. hot and coldI walk to the edge of the pool. I dip my foot in the water, onto the first step and then the second. The water is cold, sharp. Okay, I breathe. Okay NOW. I plunge into the water, submerging myself.I swim from one end of the pool to the other and back again. I step out of the pool into the hot tub, letting the heat warm my skin that was on… Read more
a global summer (opens the original)
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Last month, I saw Rosalía in concert. Her 2025 album, LUX, draws from classical music, 13 languages, and heavenly references, producing sounds and images that seek to draw us into a global and divinely human experience. The aesthetics of the show, the dancing, and Rosalía’s outfits explore the precious— a ballerina in a jewelry box, a piece of art hung … Read more
black life in LA (opens the original)
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Quick note before we get to this month’s letter!This month, I’ll be speaking at this pre-conference webinar for Black Women for Wellness! I’ll be chatting with the incredible Loretta J. Ross and Michelle Browder about how Black women have dealt with reproductive justice issues throughout history and our struggles in the present. <a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/re
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