
11 more days to apply for VONA Travel Writing!
5 years • 42 graduates • 50+ publications • 4 publishing partnerships • 1 world We're back the the Bay Area. Now non-residential. Apply here! #VONAVoices #travelWriting #writingworkshop #writersofcolor #travelersofcolor #travel #travelwriters

March Madness: 3 Events+International Women's Day+My Birthday!
Hot off the Associated Writing Programs Conference & Bookfair in DC and my stint as Clayton B Ofstad Visiting Writer in Missouri (which included a multimedia reading in a planetarium), comes March! TUESDAY MARCH 7 Headlining the 9th Sweetwater Session at Impact Hub 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Impact Hub, 2323 Broadway, Oakland Omi Gallery at Impact Hub Oakland is honored to host Faith Adiele for “Finding my Black Family (with Detours through Buddhism and Fibroids)” at The Sweetwater Se

Oakland Magic of Memoir Conference + SF LitCrawl on same weekend!
I'll be speaking on the Why Write Memoir panel Saturday morning and reading with a group of travel writers organized by Travelers' Tales Saturday evening. How do I get myself into these things? #Memoir #Conference #Writing #Literary #TravelWriters #LitQuake #LitCrawl #Reading

June is for brides & writers
After a week in Seattle with my mum, attending the Seattle International Film Fest (SIFF), which is wrapping up a 4-year commitment to African films, checking out the Food section at the iconic Elliott Bay Bookstore, where it's clear that Nordic food is having a moment, and decompressing, I believe I may be ready for JUNE. This weekend I'm presenting at the Bay Area Book Fest, moderating a panel on Memory, History, Race and the American Landscape and speaking on a sold-out pa