Kamille D. Whittaker
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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,...
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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...
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...
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...
Kamille D. Whittaker
- May 13, 2020
- 1 min
Spring Reading: "The Yellow House" by Sarah M. Broom
#JumpAtTheSuns #Memoir #NarrativeNonfiction #NewOrleans
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...
Kamille D. Whittaker
- Dec 17, 2019
- 1 min
The Ways We Mother
#JumpAtTheSuns #Mothering
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...
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...
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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...