BOOKS
The Death of a Jaybird: Essays on Mothers and Daughters and the Things They Leave Behind (Harper Perennial, November 14, 2023)
ESSAYS
“Why Is Motherhood Still the Default?” {Adapted Book Excerpt} - Oprah Daily
“Mother and Daughter Share Breast Cancer Diagnosis In The Death of a Jaybird” {Book Excerpt} - Black Enterprise
“Frankie and Cheryl: On Loving and Losing Mothers To Drug Addictions” - MadameNoire
“My Job Is Talking About Race, And Yet I Dread Talking About It At Work. Here’s Why.” - The Huffington Post
“How to Attend a Black Funeral” - The VIDA Review {Nominated for Best of the Net 2020}
"Searching for Salvation at Antioch" - Kweli Journal {Selected as a notable essay in The Best American Essays 2019; nominated for a Pushcart Prize; selected as a Longreads Editors’ Pick on June 13, 2018}
"Picture Perfect: Lessons in the War for Self-Love" - WSQ: Beauty, Volume 46 Numbers 1–2: Spring/Summer 2018 {excerpt here}
"What If: On Black Lives and Mental Health" - Catapult {Nominated for a Pushcart Prize}
OP-EDS
"Why Black Women Should Care About Mo'Nique's Pay Discrimination" - Wear Your Voice Magazine
ARTICLES
"For Black Women, The Wage Gap Can Be A Matter Of Life And Death" - The Establishment