Intelligence – Black Woman Genius Monologue Competition Semifinalist

Development Background for Intelligence Intelligence is an intentional word-play response to the call for Black women genius monologues. The story of Doris “Lucki” Allen has captured my imagination since I first encountered primary material about her in the archives of the Women in Military Service of America Foundation. Lucki is best known in military history for predicting …

Why Mars Matters (to me)

Mars has two moons, Phobos and Deimos. A solar day on the Red Planet is approximately twenty-four hours, thirty-five minutes, and thirty-five seconds long. There are volcanoes, dust devils, and liquid water. Once every two years, Mars and Earth are closest to each other when they are on the same side of the Sun. Elon …

My Philly firsts

#1 sharing space #AWP22 with an SF legend #samuelrdelaney #Afrofuturism #2 viewed liberty’s crack #3 amazed at the power of objects: cups & saucers & spoons China Wedge (1994) by Mei-Ling Hom

Buds

New arrival buds bursting like the crack in my left wisdom tooth, ground down after winter.