Retreat provides space and time for Black women to be writers and artists – Press Enterprise
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on June 18, 2024
By Nikia Chaney | Contributing Columnist
San Bernardino poet and teacher Nikia Chaney is the literary laureate of Inlandia Institute. (File photo by Kurt Miller, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
Toni Morrison wrote “Beloved” during quiet moments when her children were asleep. Black women writers often find time for their art only in such quiet moments. Society rarely values these contemplative spaces for Black women artists.
Instead, modern media often portrays Black women writers as activists, their merit tied to the causes they champion. We see Angela Davis with her fist raised or . . .
