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    Ask an Author: Christine Mapondera-Talley
    Jestine Ware
    • Sep 1, 2019

    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...
    Horseback Riding While Black
    Jestine Ware
    • Aug 16, 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...
    Ode to Octavia
    Jestine Ware
    • Jul 2, 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...
    26 Graphic Novels for Black, Brown, & Queer Girls
    Jestine Ware
    • Jul 1, 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...
    Prin and the House That Flies
    Jestine Ware
    • May 2, 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...
    California Knows How to Party
    Jestine Ware
    • Sep 2, 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...
    Moonlight Stained
    Jestine Ware
    • Aug 15, 2018

    Moonlight Stained

    Mercury. A god is falling from molecules of nitrogen, oxygen, argon, and carbon dioxide. This particular god is particularly pictured...
    The Truth About Hair
    Jestine Ware
    • Jul 16, 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...
    Fluffy Slime
    Jestine Ware
    • Jan 16, 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...

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