Praise to the tail whip, Big Poppa-wheelie, the noise that persists even when the rest of the world / has gone silent. I mean, have you ever watched a Black boy blossom –

Jeanie’s friends show her videos of dance recitals and flag football games, and she oohs and aahs in all the right places, but the goddamn grandbabies are getting on her nerves. She wants it to be her turn.

Porter House Review: Thanks for being willing to chat with us Cassandra! What projects are you working on these days?  Cassandra Lane: Currently, I am in the throes of final production for L.A. Parent magazine’s March/April issue. I serve as editor-in-chief there, and though we are a mighty team, we are a supremely small one, […]

In Bryan Washington’s novel Family Meal, food is the simulacra, the ultimate symbol, of intimacy and well-being. And, these characters are defined by extremes — the feast and the fast.