The Referral Program"Dylan and her best friends are in their mid thirties and have never been married. Back in college, they could not have imagined being single with no prospects for husbands at this stage in their lives. At a monthly gathering, the ladies discuss the possibilities of being alone for the rest of their lives. While the friends talk about their futures and the fears that come along with it, they hatch a plan. They resolve to start a program where each

In Drinking from Graveyard Wells

"We sacrifice former versions of ourselves

and lovers

to erase the smell of garbage from her city

All his life

love and grief: a portrait of what we all do for one another - and to one another - as we fight to become ourselves

Libertie struggles with where she might find it--for herself and for generations to come

Her life begins to unravel

adjunct professor of sociology

They love each other

They march to call attention to these wrongs and demand change and action

She spends her days teaching high school history and her nights reading tea leaves and tending to her conjure garden