Kimberly Garrett Brown

At a time when divide feels inevitable and uncertainty has become our new normal, MINERVA RISING PRESS believes in the importance of coming together as a community and encouraging creation.

Please join us for our first official MINERVA WRITES Generative Writing Workshop - RISE ABOVE, virtually on Thursday, March 6th, at 7:00 pm EST.

Together, we will work through a series of prompts to help process the cacophony of discordance around us and rise above the noise.

All attendees will receive a free submission to The Keeping Room Magazine and resources to help maintain wellness during difficult times.

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TODAY in 1901, Langston Hughes was born.

I wrote him a letter to honor his birthday and to celebrate the first day of Black History Month. Here's a little excerpt:

Dear Langston,

It’s February 1st, and I’m thinking of you. Today, you would be 123 years old. It’s not a particularly significant marker, but this day never passes without me feeling the need to celebrate your significance as a Black poet. Most years, I let the feeling pass without doing anything. But this year, it feels important to take the time to acknowledge you and the effect your poetry has had on my life.

I was never a fan of poetry because, in grade school, it felt like a foreign language I didn’t understand. I couldn’t. . . (Read more at https://booksbywomen.org/kimberly-garrett-brown-letter-to-langston-hughes/ )

Thank you WomenWriters,Women'sBooks for sharing this with your readers.

I’m so thrilled to be included as one of Karen’s favorite reads.

A few of Karen's favorite reads!

Kathleen Grissom, Kate Morton, Patti Callahan Henry - Patti Callahan, Victoria "V.E." Schwab, Michael Farris Smith, Ann Patchett, Kimberly Garrett Brown, Abraham Verghese

Guess who's the guest writer in the "How We Spend Our Days " series!

Many thanks to Cynthia Newberry Martin for inviting me to share my day!

how we spend our days: kimberly garrett brown ✅

I had a great time talking to G.P. Gottlieb! Take a listen to our conversation.😊

It’s 1928, and Cora James is immersed in raising her kids, being a good wife, and her work at the 135th Street Library in Harlem. A correspondence with the young Langston Hughes and a brief stint replacing her cousin in the kitchen of a rich white family give Cora the fortitude to plunge ahead with her dream of being a writer. This is a charming epistolary novel (by Kimberly Garrett Brown) is about the struggle of an educated Black woman in early 20th century American society. https://newbooksnetwork.com/coras-kitchen