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girlhood: BLK edition

Categories: 2023 Spring, Poetry
Tags: '26, Awa Diop

a painting of someone smiling with jewelry-encrusted teeth

AWA DIOP
My makeup bag is full of shades of brown. Before me lay my brushes sprawled out and richly coated with this palette: my foundations of ebony, expresso, deep mahogany. My concealers of mocha, chestnut…Continue Reading girlhood: BLK edition

Braid Us

Categories: 2022 Spring, Fiction
Tags: '26, Awa Diop

A black and white drawing of a girl's hair being combed and braided.

AWA DIOP
Adja parts the last section of hair with the rattail comb to hook in another box braid. She’s working on the last two braids of Michelle’s hair, a first-time customer. …Continue Reading Braid Us

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