“Can our first project be about the sweet nothings that people might whisper to their favorite foods just before they consume them? I see this as an erotic film.”
Author: sherlonya
In an open letter to the woman who was getting too close to me at Meijer’s,
“You made my whole back side feel jumpy and uncomfortable as if you were back there staging an attack. If you hadn’t been so impatient and wanting to stand in the space where I was already standing, I wouldn’t have spent the few minutes to figure out how best to describe you when I talk […]
Phoenix, South Carolina (1898)
November 1898. Black to white ratio in the general area of Greenwood County, South Carolina. Years since changes to the South Carolina constitution that raised the voting requirements. One needed to be able to answer any questions about constitutional provisions asked and one needed to pass a literacy test. Anyone whose grandfather had been […]
An Interview
I asked a friend who is familiar with the variety of my writing and creative projects to ask me 10 questions about this project. I liked to be challenged, and he obliged me. Gotta love having great friends! Terry T: If you allow me to put you in a box for a moment…I would categorize […]
Words, Words, Words
A writer, I often like to turn to a dictionary when I’m attempting to learn about something. This project is no different. So, I consulted, first, the Oxford English Dictionary, widely accepted as the authority on the English language. The OED not only defines words, but digs into their history. I wanted to understand a […]
In an open letter to the woman who complained about her husband twice while she was working and I was a customer in her store,
“I wonder if you would have cut my fabric faster if you weren’t so determined to make your husband sound like an animal. I also wonder if you would be at home cutting your husband if you weren’t at work complaining about him. So I smiled an nodded….”
Method
How does one go about a project to learn about American black-white race riots? One answer is that you just jump in. You just get started. For me, that first step is to figure out the scope of the project. Number of incidents that this project will cover. How sure I am that this list […]
In an open letter to the woman unabashedly coughing,
“I suppose I should thank you. The suggestion of phlegm in your plentiful uncovered coughs made me stop eating immediately. You are a diet plan.”
In an open letter to the song Jingle Bell Rock,
“I really hope that someone’s sexy times name for their special someone is ‘Jinglehorse.’ You have planted this desire in my heart.”
In an open letter to the middle aged woman who aggressively told me that she was going to take me home with her,
“Thank you for showing me that this sort of thing can be just as terrifying coming from a woman as it is coming from a man.”