One of our promises when we started Seven Scribes was to work to put together print editions of collections of work that go deeper than our website can. We wanted …
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What do women of color know about poetry?
During a semester of my last year of high school our syllabus covered poetry. We were assigned Thomas Hardy, William Butler Yeats, Robert Frost, Walt Whitman, Shakespeare, Geoffrey Chaucer, Oscar …
The People You Bring With You: A Conversation with Mychal Denzel Smith
I have, for years now, watched Mychal Denzel Smith navigate often difficult topics with surgical precision. His approach to how we wrestle with black masculinity while also fighting for women’s rights, and …
Quantum Black History: A Review of ‘Physics of Blackness’
The trajectory of blackness is always forward, up, away. On and on, on to the next, next 15 one coming, we shall overcome, move bitch, I’m not gon’ stop, I’m …
Announcing the Seven Scribes Fiction Call!
We are pleased to announce our inaugural fiction call! We are selecting ten short fiction works for publishing in our very first Seven Scribes print edition. The theme of this collection is Beyond …
This Year in Color: 2015 Seven Scribes Reading List
So, end-of-year content sucks. Really. For every one album from February that an article reminds you was really good you get three or so recycled “Best Memes of 2015” or …
Writing Begins With Forgiveness: Why One of the Most Common Pieces of Writing Advice Is Wrong
Writing advice blogs say it. Your favorite writers say it. MFA programs say it. Write every single day. It’s one of the most common pieces of writing advice and …
Strangers in our Home: Why Writing about Hurricane Katrina is Both Impossible and Necessary
The moment we opened the door, the escaping stench nearly knocked us out cold. I looked to my father for the go ahead, but could not read his eyes beneath …
The Worlds on Wheels: A Narrative Essay
The autumn chill creeps into the blue-grey morning air as the season announces its presence. This world, at least, is a series of blocks and corridors, number streets and state …
Between the Words and Me: Reading Coates and Lee
The specter of segregation lay over my adolescence like so many white sheets. Rocky Mount, NC, a place for which my love is only rivaled by my antipathy, a country …
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