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...
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