I don’t think we learned much as a country. I can’t speak to what the world learned. I know as a country that anti-Blackness never took quarantine. Never took a vacation either.

How we went through a global pandemic that nobody seems to want to talk about or remember. People died. We were scared. I went without a hug for over a year and a half. We lost everything it seemed during those years and...we pretend that it never happened.

She talks about the power of the letter individually and communally. She goes on to talk about the ways that Black feminists have had to capture their griefs, losses, and hopes within the form of the letter for the sake of reclamation and preservation.

The letter is a necessary genre of literature, especially for Black peoples seeking to bond to community and share truths that may not be easily accessible if written outright. So, I write today as a commitment to all of the sons, particularly the Black ones, who will grow up in a country that has been radically shaped by white supremacy. I write... See more

Ideas for my writing never come out of nowhere, but instead are a reflection of the strands of work that I am reading, listening, and reflecting on at any given time.