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Walking, coloring in a disintegrating world

21 days since my mom died, and all I can do is color.

Apr 12, 2022

Walking, coloring in a disintegrating world

Apr 12, 2022

Thank you.

I was so out of it when I wrote this. I don't remember writing it. But Mom was, indeed, love.

Jul 13, 2022

Jul 13, 2022

Do’s and don’t’s: When your mom has stage 4 pancreatic cancer

Do: get a wig with Brazilian hair, stay off of Google, be kind to nurses. Do not: answer the phone after 9 pm.

Apr 22, 2022

Do’s and don’t’s: When your mom has stage 4 pancreatic cancer

Apr 22, 2022

Riches to Rags: Shallow breaths

People have asked me why I didn’t leave him. He would tell me if you try to leave me, I will come to Colonial Beach and blow you to bits…

Dec 28, 2021

Dec 28, 2021

Riches to rags: Grandma wrote down her stories

My grandmother kept the stories. Then she told them to me. And then she wrote them down. We found them last

Nov 30, 2021

Nov 30, 2021

Lunch counters. Bolts of satin. Another 7 years without your Grandma

In other words, what you write when you’re asked how you write

Oct 1, 2021

Lunch counters. Bolts of satin. Another 7 years without your Grandma

Oct 1, 2021

Simone Biles said yes. To herself.

And acting on her own agency is what makes Biles the G.O.A.T.

Jul 30, 2021

Simone Biles said yes. To herself.

Jul 30, 2021

A giant rocket penis goes to the moon

And it’s the best metaphor for absolutely everything.

Jul 22, 2021

A giant rocket penis goes to the moon

Jul 22, 2021

Black Panther and Chadwick Boseman: I can’t say goodbye just yet

It’s 9:05, and the rest of the world is watching “Black Panther,” mourning the death of Chadwick Boseman. I can’t say goobye. It hurts.

Aug 31, 2020

Black Panther and Chadwick Boseman: I can’t say goodbye just yet

Aug 31, 2020

Juneteenth: Great-grandma Lavinia’s day to tell stories, weep, and raise a fist

As Mama told me of our enslaved ancestors, she also made some prophecies, and I imagine she is raising a fist now

Jun 19, 2020

Juneteenth: Great-grandma Lavinia’s day to tell stories, weep, and raise a fist

Jun 19, 2020

Dartinia Hull

Dartinia Hull

Unapologetically Black. THAT mom. I probably need a nap. Played clarinet in band. I put words on pages. Love avocado. Strangers tell me their secrets.

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