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Black Women Living With Endometriosis (New Book)
Beloved, the wait is over. For those of you who have been in community with Aya Collective Publishing for some time, you know this moment has been a long time coming. Over the past several years, we have been tending a powerful new text focused on the lived experiences of Black women navigating endometriosis—work rooted…
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He Drops the Seed
He drops the seedShe nurtures it for monthsA new creation,Almighty birth power.Women given the wombTo carry the life.To feed the embryo,The bearer of faith,Gestation is just.She conceives shelter, food, Breath for life to survive. He drops the seed,A Jabez experienceClaims the territory.Being born out of pain,Storied to beCondemnation, punishment Purported because of “Eve.” She carried the seed,Ask…
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Featured Writer: Camella Ward
Meet Camella Ward, a new writer and contributor to Aya Collective Publishing’s Rise & Write. As a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania native, Camella’s career background includes mental health counseling and teaching. Other career experiences include being a sole proprietor and a community outreach developer focused on self-development for marginalized citizens, women, and youth. Past recognitions have included…
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The River Rages
Contributing Author, Bethany Camille James The river rages. The freshwater(s) like to move in stages. Similarly, your blessings flow. The atmospheric river has large areas of divergent surface airflow. My sorrows, like the waters, dissipate. Open your wonders and the floodgates. Let freshwater(s) come or flow. The newness of life and strength untold. The water…
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Child of Grace
Contributing Author, Marjorie Grevious Who are first-born Black daughters after their mama dies and they have no children of their own to take care of? Who are first-born Black daughters so intertwined with the roles they play that they forget their own fool selves, fun selves, loving selves, quiet selves, sensual selves? Mama was one,…
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