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The Half Blood Princess
The sunrise and the sunset, swirling above the clouds in the skyline, daughter of two warring tribes, half blood princess, a patchwork blanket that will never be finished. There is conflict in my skin, and the many mannerisms I stole from the two that built me. Two, going on a great adventure, but growing impatient,…
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Happy Birthday, Maya Angelou.
When I was twelve, I first read “Gather Together In My Name” by Maya Angelou. I was reading her books in the wrong order, I know, but it was the first one I came across in my quest to discover more about black literature, and learn more about my heritage. There have been times…