Sylvia Wynter's Dream

Challenge the conventional wisdom that remembering is always superior, and make a compelling case for why forgetting can be a source of liberation and renewal, as it applies to your specific discussion of amnesia. Leila was in the rocking chair by my cousin’s room. She was grumbling about her brother Frank and the house he…

by Kelli-Rae Francis | Writing Prompt | November 20, 2023 Everyone has some past memories that haunt them. Whether it was a moment of embarrassment or a time they experienced something very traumatic. They would do anything to escape it. I understand that feeling. Trust me, I’ve had my fair share of trauma.  Thanks to…

BY JAMILLA MORGAN Both my parents are still alive, yet I’ve already inherited something – or rather someone – priceless from them: Jesus. Before you start to think, “Oh, there she goes again on another Christianity rant,”…well, I’ve got nothing. This is another “rant” about Christianity and Jesus and all things pure and holy. I…

Within the change that accompanies migration, conventional wisdom lauds the act of remembering as  a virtue, and an act of patriotism. Yet, within the nuanced narrative of linguistic and cultural amnesia experienced by my niece, there lies a paradoxical beauty in forgetting. The conventional narrative would cast her linguistic and cultural amnesia as a loss,…

Task: Write an opening sentence that pulls the reader and makes them want to read more. Even if you don’t consider yourself to be a liar, the biggest one of all time remains hidden inside of your head.

A screen, cold and electronic, stood as a symbolic barrier between my niece and me. The physical distance was dwarfed by the vast expanse of cultural separation, for she now called the United States of America her home. It’s been two years since she moved there, and already her linguistic cadence mirrors that of American-born…