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2023 Yearbook
In many ways, Luther Vandross songs have been the soundtrack for our lives this past year. Jaymes sang So Amazing to Skyylar almost daily...


Sole Searching
Tomorrow I will pack up the contents of my shoe closet and put it in storage. While I am not necessarily a person that loves shoes, I do...


Pipe Organs, Politeness, and the Possibility of Change
My downstairs neighbor has been listening to a CD that must be called Sad, White Christians with Pipe Organs, on repeat, almost 24 hours...


The Wright Perspective
In May, my brother, sister and I launched our podcast, The Wright Perspective!


Phoenix Anthology - Volume 4
Songs selected by Charee Grover and Monique Pattillo. Fictional narrative by Genia Wright. She looked around the small room at the people...


Emily Scarbrough, Friend, Mother, Aunt, Scholar & Global Positioning System
“Make a left here, Genia.” I was driving down a rural street outside of Playas del Coco in Costa Rica with my Aunt Emily in the passenger s


Real Housewives of the Coronavirus
Below, in honor of the now closed UCB New York City Training Center, I am proud to share to share the second sketch I’ve ever written in my


Authentically Self-Conscious
Last week, while walking through my neighborhood, I saw a family sitting in their front yard. All of the adults and teens were smiling and..


In Celebration of B. Smith
Going to B. Smiths in downtown Washington, DC, was like a pilgrimage for Howard University students in the early 2000’s. My friends and I wo
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