Where Book Lovers Should Stay in Paris
Where book lovers should stay in Paris: the Left Bank, with Shakespeare and Company, The Abbey Bookshop, the bouquinistes and literary cafés nearby.
The Pure Joy of Watching Black Women Have Nice Things in Movies
Something New, The Photograph, Brown Sugar, The Perfect Find and Waiting to Exhale: the pure joy of watching Black women on screen simply have nice things.
I Let a Coin Flip Decide My Whole Day in Rome
A coin-flip day in Rome: heads left, tails right, no famous sights. Where the coin took me and how to try a spontaneous travel day in any city.
The Black Sitcoms That Made Friendship Look So Good
Living Single, Girlfriends, A Different World, Martin, Half & Half, Insecure and Harlem: the Black sitcoms that made adult friendship look so good.
How to Paint a Place From Memory: My Watercolor Palette From Patagonia
How to mix a watercolor palette from memory: the glacier blue, beech green and dusk gold I remember from Patagonia, with color recipes you can try.
What Happened When I Made Art I’d Never Sell
What happened when I spent a Saturday making something I would never sell: my four rules, the collage I made and why hobbies don’t need to earn their keep.
Why Rereading Your Favorite Books Is Good for You (and the 5 I Keep Coming Back To)
Why rereading books is good for you, the five books I keep coming back to, from Sula to Kindred, and how to make an old favorite feel new again.
How to Start a Commonplace Book (and Remember More of What You Read)
What a commonplace book is, how to start one, what to put inside, and why copying out quotes by hand is the best way to remember what you love.