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    Just A Closer Walk With Thee
    Kamille D. Whittaker
    • Nov 24, 2020
    • 1 min

    Just A Closer Walk With Thee

    ... I imagine, a long day would puddle at Dad's feet. He’d be feeling “low” and needing to hear … peace. “Play me a song,” he’d whisper, ...
    [Podcast] Writing Home: American Voices From The Caribbean
    Kamille D. Whittaker
    • Aug 17, 2020
    • 1 min

    [Podcast] Writing Home: American Voices From The Caribbean

    Small Axe editorial committee member Tami Navarro and archipelagos editor Kaiama L. Glover co-host Writing Home, a weekly podcast about t...
    Lessons From Plants
    Kamille D. Whittaker
    • Jul 28, 2020
    • 1 min

    Lessons From Plants

    "I cut it back ... maybe too much ... but it will grow back. And if it doesn't... I'll just plant another." -- Mom on her avocado/pear tr...
    Excerpt: "A Little Patch of Something"
    Kamille D. Whittaker
    • Jun 13, 2020
    • 1 min

    Excerpt: "A Little Patch of Something"

    By Imani Perry Excerpted from The Paris Review I’m growing microgreens. Every couple of weeks they are sufficiently lush to be snipped an...
    Spring Reading: "The Yellow House" by Sarah M. Broom
    Kamille D. Whittaker
    • May 13, 2020
    • 1 min

    Spring Reading: "The Yellow House" by Sarah M. Broom

    #JumpAtTheSuns #Memoir #NarrativeNonfiction #NewOrleans
    Recipe + Ritual: Haitian Soup Joumou
    Kamille D. Whittaker
    • Dec 29, 2019
    • 1 min

    Recipe + Ritual: Haitian Soup Joumou

    Soup Joumou, also known as the Haitian Independence Soup, is a hearty pumpkin (or squash) soup that is traditionally served on January 1...
    The Ways We Mother
    Kamille D. Whittaker
    • Dec 17, 2019
    • 1 min

    The Ways We Mother

    #JumpAtTheSuns #Mothering
    Lucille Clifton Reads: "Won't You Celebrate With Me?"
    Kamille D. Whittaker
    • Nov 21, 2019
    • 1 min

    Lucille Clifton Reads: "Won't You Celebrate With Me?"

    [Lucille begins at the :26 mark] won't you celebrate with me what i have shaped into a kind of life? i had no model. born in babylon both...
    Toni Morrison's Eulogy for James Baldwin: His Voice Remembered; Life in His Language
    Kamille D. Whittaker
    • Aug 7, 2019
    • 5 min

    Toni Morrison's Eulogy for James Baldwin: His Voice Remembered; Life in His Language

    Jimmy, there is too much to think about you, and too much to feel. The difficulty is your life refuses summation - it always did - and in...
    [Excerpt] Pole:"It took me 10 years to learn how to write about my father, about his life and death"
    Kamille D. Whittaker
    • Dec 31, 2018
    • 2 min

    [Excerpt] Pole:"It took me 10 years to learn how to write about my father, about his life and death"

    My thoughts: I was once on the receiving end of this term when my Grandmother passed. After being taught its meaning, it created a space ...
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