@ofeliabrooksesq

writer, lawyer, proud child of immigrants, & serial Notes app user

Recent Essays

Back Where I Came From: On Culture, Identity, and Home Edited by Taslim Jaffer and Omar Mouallem | Book*hug Press
Back Where I Came From: On Culture, Identity, and Home Edited by Taslim Jaffer and Omar Mouallem | Book*hug Press
Mamas, Martyrs, and Jezebels: Myths, Legends, and Other Lies You’ve Been Told about Black Women - Black Lawrence Press | Black Lawrence Press
Mamas, Martyrs, and Jezebels: Myths, Legends, and Other Lies You’ve Been Told about Black Women - Black Lawrence Press | Black Lawrence Press
Every Night I Stay Awake To Keep My Brother From Drinking - Electric Literature
Mother Tongue (2022 Pushcart Prize Nominee)
Being a Good Lawyer Can Make You a Bad Writer
Being a Good Lawyer Can Make You a Bad Writer
Rihanna & the Legacy of Liberated Caribbean Women
Rihanna & the Legacy of Liberated Caribbean Women
Friend Breakups & Drag Queens
Friend Breakups & Drag Queens

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