Ask an Author: Christine Mapondera-Talley
Christine Mapondera-Talley is the author of Makanaka’s World, a picture book series designed to teach young children about our world...
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Jestine Ware
- Aug 15, 2019
Horseback Riding While Black
When I was nine, I BEGGED my parents to let me attend horse camp. Because, when I was a kid, I was obsessed with magical worlds where...
Jestine Ware
- Jul 1, 2019
Ode to Octavia
Octavia Butler is one of my writing heroes. Before her books, I don’t know that I’d ever read a science fiction series that consumed all...
Jestine Ware
- Jun 30, 2019
26 Graphic Novels for Black, Brown, & Queer Girls
Growing up, there were whole genres of books and movies that I avoided because I thought I would never see myself in them. Science...
Jestine Ware
- May 1, 2019
Prin and the House That Flies
After a Once Upon a time and a Happily Ever After, Prin was born to Queens Mikaylah and Cala in a beautiful, peaceful land. The kingdom...
Jestine Ware
- Sep 1, 2018
California Knows How to Party
After a brief hiatus, I’m back! The birds and I have relocated to sunny Los Angeles where the weather is always the same and it never...
Jestine Ware
- Aug 14, 2018
Moonlight Stained
Mercury. A god is falling from molecules of nitrogen, oxygen, argon, and carbon dioxide. This particular god is particularly pictured...
Jestine Ware
- Jul 15, 2018
The Truth About Hair
This piece is a throwback to 2014 when I was struggling to come to terms with my hair and wrote this long mixed-media piece called "The...
Jestine Ware
- Jan 15, 2018
Fluffy Slime
Future YouTube stars (AKA my little cousins LaMariya and Jayla) visited Chicago for spring break and we made fluffy slime! Check out this...