Words of a Woman

I wanted what we all want: everything. We want a mate who feels like family and a lover who is...

3 weeks ago by The Atelier

It would be many years before I began to understand that all of life is practice: writing, driving,...

4 weeks ago by The Atelier

I am my own muse, the subject I know best – Oroma Elewa *Editor’s Note: Originally, we...

2 months ago by The Atelier

I believe that a girl should not do what she thinks she should do, but should find out through...

4 months ago by The Atelier

Perhaps our vision of how life should be is actually no fun at all, and neglects to include the...

4 months ago by The Atelier

If you are fortunate enough to have opportunity, it is your duty to make sure other people have...

5 months ago by The Atelier

When Death Comes By Mary Oliver When it’s over, I want to say: all my life I was a bride married...

5 months ago by The Atelier

I’ve been in love with people and ideas in several cities and learned that the lovers...

5 months ago by The Atelier

Lost really has two disparate meanings. Losing things is about the familiar falling away, getting...

6 months ago by The Atelier

Writing is one of the few professions in which you can psychoanalyze yourself, get rid of...

7 months ago by The Atelier

I am a big believer that you can have a successful business and give back…it’s just...

7 months ago by The Atelier

This is bigger than homosexuality. This is about how we conduct debate in public about sensitive...

8 months ago by The Atelier

Each friend represents a world within us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is...

9 months ago by The Atelier

Without community, there is no liberation…but, community must not mean a shedding of our...

9 months ago by The Atelier

I really don’t think I need buns of steel. I’d be happy with buns of cinnamon. –...

9 months ago by The Atelier

What I always liked the most about myself, and what I always want to keep, is my laugh—my ability...

10 months ago by The Atelier

I have been on a life-long search of how to stay in shape without putting any effort into it...

10 months ago by The Atelier