publications

*Note: See curriculum vitae in the “dossier” tab for a complete list of publications. 

“Dear Zora: Letters from the New Literati.” “The Inside Light”: New Critical Essays on Zora Neale Hurston. Ed. Dr. Deborah G. Plant. Praeger, 2010, pp. 181-195.
“‘Me/We’: Building an ‘Embodied’ Writing Classroom for Socially Networked, Socially Distracted Basic Writers.” Journal of Basic Writing 32.2 (2013). Co-Eds. Hope Parisi and Cheryl C. Smith. City University of New York, pp. 51-79.
“The Making of a Western-Negro-Superhero-Savior: Django’s Blue Velvet Fauntleroy Suit.” Studies in Popular Culture 38.1 (2015). Ed. Rhonda Wilcox. Popular Culture Association in the South, pp. 65-83.
“But Can We Muster Compassion for George Zimmerman?” Trayvon Martin, Race, and American Justice: Writing Wrong. Eds. Kenneth J. Fasching-Varner, et al. Sense Publishers, 2014, pp. 197-201.
“‘Heaven last all ways’: Examining Celie’s ‘Suchness’ in Walker’s The Color Purple.” Alice Walker’s “The Color Purple”: Critical Perspectives. Ed. Devaleena Das. PenCraft International, 2016, pp. 122-132.
“‘The Writing’s on the Wall’: Making the Case for Hieroglyphs in the 21st Century First Year Composition Classroom.” CLA Journal, vol. 60, no. 2, Dec. 2016, pp.191-208.
“The Heart of a Woman: Re-Envisioning Maya Angelou’s ‘On the Pulse of Morning’ in Light of Martin Luther King’s ‘I Have a Dream.’” the quint: an interdisciplinary quarterly of the north 7.4 (2015). Ed. Sue Matheson. University College of the North, pp. 67-79.
“‘What a Friend We Have in Jesus’ (& Nikki): A Musing Response to Nikki Giovanni’s ‘A Good Cry.’” The Fight & The Fiddle. Fightandfiddle.com. Ed. Lauren Alleyne. 31 October 2020.
Foreword by Andrea Lunsford, Engaging 21st Century Writers with Social Media. IGI-Global Publishers. September 2016.