Pushcart Prize nominee, daughter of Mixed bloods, a USC Los Angeles Institute for the Humanities Fellow and a Department of Cultural Affairs City of Los Angeles (COLA) Master Artist Fellow, Shonda Buchanan is the author of five books, including the award-winning memoir, Black Indian. Buchanan's memoir was chosen by PBS NewsHour as a "top 20 books to read" to learn about institutional racism. Learn more at www.shondabuchanan.com.
Shonda Buchanan
One of my sheroes, Dr. bell hooks gave women a language to express our lives, our work and our feelings of love, despair and hope.
Reading stories fed me. So why couldn’t I get back to this habit that I loved and that had saved my life, time and time again?
One Black woman’s prayer, lament and battle cry for the safety of her baby grandson echoes over 400 years of collective hope and heartache for our youth.
