PHOTO EXHIBITION BY VISIONARY PHOTOGRAPHER CAROLYN MILLER
Like my photo?
It was taken by Photographer Carolyn Miller who included my image in her exhibition: Our Journeys, Our Stories: In Our Own Words September 12 – October 30, 2022, at the Auburn Avenue Research Library in Atlanta.
The stunning photographs feature the images and stories of Black Women creators, innovators, community servants, healers, visionaries, advocates, and educators.
I’m excited to invite you to the Virtual Book Launch of my first children’s book published by Make Me A World Books (Chris Myers publisher) where I’ll be discussing the book with my friend, Kelley Alexander. Click here to join us.
Pre-Order Mama’s Home from CHARIS BOOKS & MORE
Available October 18, 2022
From the book description:
A gorgeously illustrated picture book that is a powerful love letter to chosen families and the village that raises us. A young girl basks in the love of her community–which includes not only her mother but the many different women who make up her world.
“A joyful, heartfelt celebration of family—born and chosen—and community, of Black womanhood and expressions of love.”—Kirkus Reviews (Read the complete starred review.)
AN ANNOUNCEMENT FROM AMAZON
“Congratulations! MAMA’S HOME has been selected for
Amazon’s Best of the Month Club in the Ages 3 – 5 category!”
PREORDER A FAMILY PRAYER AVAILABLE APRIL 2023
From the book description:
In A Family Prayer, acclaimed novelist Shay Youngblood brings to life the prayer of a little brown girl who finds joy in asking God to keep her family safe.
Young readers will celebrate every aunty, cousin, and grandmother in their life.
But more than just her biological relatives, each family member is a maternal or paternal archetype, someone in her community who represents the title of mother, father, aunty, and the like.
Click here to Pre-Order your copy today from CHARIS BOOKS & MORE
HAMBIDGE CENTER RESIDENCY
The North Georgia mountains were a balm to my soul.
I spent 5 days working on a new draft of my stage play Boss Ladies and Tender-hearted Girls: A Manual for Rest and Resistance, made drawings and sketches for a mural, and sketched out ideas for how to use new technology, particularly Virtual Reality in my new work and in my life for armchair traveling.
WHAT I’VE BEEN ANTICIPATING, READING, RE-READING, AND WATCHING
- Most Anticipated Film: Woman King
- Book Listening: Between Two Kingdoms, Sulieka Joad
- Netflix: Great British Bake Off and Never Have I Ever…
- Watching: Criterion Channel Collection Films – thanks to a one-year gift subscription
