Category: Columns

Postcards to the Future: LEGACY Yona Harvey

In this poem by Yona Harvey, the idea of Legacy is underscored not only through oppression but the enduring spirit of Black womanhood in power connecting to her primordial spirit. 

Postcards to the Future: LEGACY Erica Hunt inheritance

Excerpts from Erica Hunt’s introduction to Letters to the Future: Black Women / Radical Writing. Angle, Defy Gravity, Land Unpredictably By Erica Hunt The future is a slippery project. What

"Marquee" by Denise Uyehara

Notes from the Motherfield LIVE FAQs

Notes from the Motherfield LIVE FAQs (Photo credit: a still from “Marquee,” performed by Denise Uyehara for the May 2020 show) Q: What is Notes from the Motherfield? Notes is a storytelling platform and

Notes from the Motherfield LIVE / March 6

Friday, March 6, 2020, 5:30pm doors; storytelling 6pm: SOLD OUT Regular tickets are SOLD OUT but you can still participate by Gifting A Ticket designated we will get to someone who

Art is Vital Social Labor, a Letter from Lisa Bowden


I was entrusted with carrying voices, songs, and stories to grow and release into the world, to be of assistance and inspiration.—Joy Harjo In order to change an existing paradigm