Apex Magazine
Welcome to March’s “Words for Thought.” Perhaps it's the craving for spring and warmer weather, but this month's stories are all about different flavors of longing. Enjoy! The Message by...
Words for Thought #34
Welcome to March’s “Words for Thought.” Perhaps it's the craving for spring and warmer weather, but this month's stories are all about different flavors of longing. Enjoy! The Message by...
The first time I read “I Am a Black Woman” by Mari Evans, I was a sophomore considering a major in English Literature. I sat in Professor Horton’s evening Black...
The Art of Peace: Mari Evans’ Legacy of Peaceful and Ethical Engagement
The first time I read “I Am a Black Woman” by Mari Evans, I was a sophomore considering a major in English Literature. I sat in Professor Horton’s evening Black...
Welcome to February’s “Words for Thought!” Appropriately enough for the month of Valentine’s Day, this month’s stories are all about love, romance, and relationships—good and bad—in their myriad forms. The...
Words for Thought #33
Welcome to February’s “Words for Thought!” Appropriately enough for the month of Valentine’s Day, this month’s stories are all about love, romance, and relationships—good and bad—in their myriad forms. The...
My wife and I were on the road for a long drive when she put on an episode of NPR’s Code Switch discussing the experience of transracial adoptees. From the...
The Anatomy of a Transracial Child
My wife and I were on the road for a long drive when she put on an episode of NPR’s Code Switch discussing the experience of transracial adoptees. From the...
Welcome to the first Words for Thought of 2019! This month’s column echoes the last column of 2018, with stories of complicated family relationships and the external pressures shaping them,...
Words for Thought #32
Welcome to the first Words for Thought of 2019! This month’s column echoes the last column of 2018, with stories of complicated family relationships and the external pressures shaping them,...
I wrote my debut novel, Junction, in the year of the birth of my second daughter, which was also the year I developed colon cancer. I didn’t know it at...
Writing Wrongly
I wrote my debut novel, Junction, in the year of the birth of my second daughter, which was also the year I developed colon cancer. I didn’t know it at...
Here we are at the end of 2018. For many, December is a time to celebrate with family, reflect on the year that was, and share hopes for the year...
Words for Thought #31
Here we are at the end of 2018. For many, December is a time to celebrate with family, reflect on the year that was, and share hopes for the year...