Christine Mapondera-Talley is the author of Makanaka’s World, a picture book series designed to teach young children about our world culture, geography, and ...

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 badass women rode aroun...

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 of my time, all of m...

Growing up, there were whole genres of books and movies that I avoided because I thought I would never see myself in them. Science fiction, historical fictio...

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 sat in a valley betwe...

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 rains. My hair and skin...

Mercury. A god is falling from molecules of nitrogen, oxygen, argon, and carbon dioxide. This particular god is particularly pictured with wings on his feet ...

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 Truth About Hair." Fo...

Future YouTube stars (AKA my little cousins LaMariya and Jayla) visited Chicago for spring break and we made fluffy slime! Check out this video to see how to...