How Stella Really Got Her Groove Back (But Not Really About That)

I am writing this from memory and not a rewatch so I may be off on some facts but I can say this: it seems like when we talk about how Stella came to get her groove back Delilah deserves to be mentioned as one of the critical architects of the groove.

The Resurrection of Nat Turner

Every seven years, all the cells the body has been are gone; replaced. Every seven years we become completely new beings. Which may mean there are two tick marks before Nine Tee will be a name or a tick and Nat-Turner-Nate more tickle than pinch.

How She Walked Away

First she painted her toenails, a rich sage with some shimmer but no glitter; glitter would be too juvenile.  She painted her toes and carefully drew an acetone soaked q-tip around them which made her hand appear to have been more steady than it had truly been. This walking away thing unnerved her. She didn’t [...]

About My Hips (some of which may or may not be true)

My final exam for my Modern Dance class was to choreograph a multi-genre piece using some of the moves we'd studied. I created "Journeys" wherein I danced to Curtis Mayfield's "Think" and recorded a poem about figuring out what artsy revolutionary shit I could get into post-graduation.  There was graduate school in creative writing (check) [...]