December 2011
5 posts
Why now? Why Blackberry?
I spent 4 weeks in New Orleans napping, eating cake, laughing with family and watching Alfred Hitchcock every night before bed. I really needed this visit. My body needed it. My mind needed it. My heart needed it.
I first visited New Orleans in 2009 and it did not take me very long to fall in love. The weather is fantastic—75 degrees in November?! Yes,...
The New Model for Literary Seductress is Part... →
britticisms:
The way I feel about the above article (and the story it refers to) is similar to the way I continue to feel about photographs of young, white, straight bodies in sexual bliss. Meaning, I don’t find what I’m reading or seeing to be bad or wrong as a subject, but I also don’t find it to be brave or different or unique. I would never say that it should not be written. However, I am...
Calling for submissions!
Blackberry is now open for submissions for our first issue to be debuted June 2012.
This issue’s theme is “Skin Deep”. The deadline is April 2012.
SUBMISSIONS
Blackberry is seeking all forms of poetry, short fiction, non-fiction, artwork and photography. However, we are not interested in science fiction, fantasy, or derivative fiction. We are open to spiritual pieces regardless...
Breathing Life into a Dream
Blackberry aims to be a premier literary magazine featuring African-American women writers and artists. Its goal is to expose readers to the diversity of the black woman’s experience and strengthen the black female voice in both the mainstream and independent markets.
Blackberry is a dream that is becoming reality. My Kickstarter proposal was accepted and I am in the process of creating the...
“No black woman writer in this culture can write “too much”. Indeed,...”
– bell hooks