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Body & Soul

Pop Quiz at Auntie’s

Pop Quiz at Auntie’s

So, you’re visiting relatives in a small southern town and you awake with a severe headache. The morning sunlight feels like glass shards in your brain. As you search for the bathroom to get some Tylenol, you mistakenly turn left instead of right. When you look into...

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Pop Quiz at Auntie’s

Flying

In “Time Conjurer”, I use the term “flying” to denote time travel my characters do by moving through the surfaces of photographs. This flight is meant to allow them access to people and places they cherish. These flights start as cathartic “vacations”, but become...

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Spirituality

Spirituality

What fascinates me about African American history is how we sustained ourselves through the American experience. As I researched for a story about a man time traveling to 1955, I was drawn to the medicinal and spiritual practices within Hoodoo. If the term makes you...

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