Know Your Ordinances (A Home Journey Post)

No matter how much we may want something, we have to go through the proper channels to make it happen.

How We Started Our Home Journey Restoration

Still wondering what an old house has to do with authors of the African Diaspora? This is the first in a series of posts themed Home journey and chronicles the making of our community bookstore.

In Defense of the Bookish Extrovert

I buy books, I drink hot liquids, and I love to post author quotes. But there is much more to my bookishness than quiet spaces and journaling accessories.

CultureAntoinette ScullyApril 27, 2017Extroverts, Free Time, Reading Habits Comments

Death by Comb Book Signing at The World Stage in Leimert Park Village (Event Review)

CultureAntoinette ScullyMay 23, 2016Anansi Writer's Workshop, Book Signing, Camari Carter, Leimert Park Village, Poetry, The World Stage, Women Authors, World Stage Press, Events Comment

"What Does Blackness Mean?" at the Getty (Event Review)

CultureAntoinette ScullyMay 3, 2016Blackness, History, John Harvel, Katrin Trautwein, Panel Talks, Sarah Lewis, The Getty Center, The Story of Black, Women Authors, Zocalo Public Square, EventsComment

Making Lemonade at Home (Music Review)

She must see me as a live oak or a maple tree, sturdy enough to climb all the way to the top. Strong enough to carry her weight, and possibly the weight of all others. Never a hesitation of whether I will catch her as she jumps into my arms. And when I show weakness, physical limitations, she is puzzled. "What's wrong mommy? Are you ok," she'll ask. "Yes, I just need to rest lovie..."