mizChartreuse || redefiningSuccess

I met so many interesting people in June! My friend Sanjay emailed me a few weeks ago inviting me to an event his company would be sponsoring. He briefly described the event as “aiming to bring together the black and gay populations by starting a conversation.” Fair enough. I enjoy discussions about marginalized groups! It [...]

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Therefore, I must listen. My boyfriend Sean, his friend Jenn and I went to Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre on Halsted to see Mister Sedaris–arguably one of the world’s best writers–stand behind a small lectern on a plain black stage and read. It’s quite a simple thing, really, watching a small 54-year-old man read from his diaries, but it [...]

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A passion for writing and a rich sense of independence runs in my family, but man…my ma is showing me up! My awesome mother, Zindie, is the published author of a new book which is about to go to the presses called Ta Lakata: The Tears of Africa. This memoir is not only the amazing [...]

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I thought it was the end of the world this morning. At approximately 6:40 a.m., I was awoken by what I thought (in my sleep-induced brain functioning) was the apocalypse. It was actually two REALLY LOUD blasts from a horn of a vehicle, one I can only assume was a GIANT MONSTER TRUCK. For a machine [...]

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It’s been said, “Never loan someone money unless you’re prepared to never see it again.” The same goes for books. French author Anatole France (The Seven Wives of Bluebeard; Mother of Pearl) said, “Never lend books, for no one ever returns them; the only books I have in my library are books that other folks have lent [...]

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