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Finding Your Voice in a World Full of Noise: A Guide for Black Women Writers
The noise around you grows louder every day, drowning out the words waiting to be spoken. For Black women writers, carving out space to find your voice in a world full of endless chatter can be a challenge. But what if finding and exercising your voice didn’t have to be so hard. What if you…
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3 Reasons to Step Into Your Calling as a Writer Today
At Aya Collective Publishing, we believe Black women’s stories are sacred. Our words carry humor, grace, candor—and truth. Through storytelling, we pass down eternal messages. We walk in the legacy of Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes, James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Nikki Giovanni, and so many others who used language to move heaven and earth—filling libraries…
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Elevating the Sacred In Our Writing Practice
In her work on Endarkened Feminist Epistemology (EFE), scholar Cynthia Dillard reminds us of the power of (re)membering through spiritual consciousness and sacred practice. For me, writing is one of those sacred practices. It calls me back to myself, helping me gather the pieces I have been seduced to forget. Through writing, I hear my…
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Editorial – The Power of Community: Healing, Support, and Resilience in Times of Isolation
Written by Ebony Aya, January 26 When my sister and I became adults, we noticed a change in my mother. Though she always leaned towards solitude, her isolation increased. First there was a break with her small circle of friends and then there was a falling out at her church. Nearing retirement, with a refusal…
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