“We write for the same reason that we walk, talk, climb mountains or swim the oceans – because we can. We have some impulse within us that makes us want to explain ourselves to other human beings.”
– Maya Angelou

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Kiarra

Dec 7, 2023
5 min

Grandma Katherine

Everyone calls me K.C, except for Grandma Katherine. “Why would you go and butcher such a beautiful name?” She’d ask with one hand on her hi

Kiarra

Dec 1, 2023
3 min

Michelle

The Colors of The Rainbow

Death was always a possibility. The moment Leo told me about his leukemia, it was the first thing that came to my mind.

Kiarra

Nov 23, 2023
4 min

General

Terrance

| A'ja, 21 | Every Sunday, like clockwork, my younger sister Nichelle would wedge her way between my legs and subject herself to at least...

Kiarra

Nov 22, 2023
3 min

General

Love Dripping with Regrets

None of them needed to express why they were here using distorted rhetoric, honey-coated lips, or any of the complex words they learned...

Kiarra

Nov 22, 2023
4 min

A'ja

The Black Bonnet Girls

It was that time of year again—and the Girls were ready for it. They each felt the weight of this year’s highs and lows, cries and laughs...

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“We write for the same reason that we walk, talk, climb mountains or swim the oceans – because we can. We have some impulse within us that makes us want to explain ourselves to other human beings.”
– Maya Angelou