https://www.kyraanndawkins.org/blog daily 0.75 2022-12-30 https://www.kyraanndawkins.org/blog/my-2022-in-books monthly 0.5 2022-12-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef4b6fb3e00d668018bdd81/9cc08b28-66b5-4d90-bd09-421c8041b961/Screen+Shot+2022-12-26+at+12.39.47+PM.png Blog + Reviews - My 2022 in Books - Make it stand out “My Year in Books” review graphic provided by Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef4b6fb3e00d668018bdd81/813ad11e-c3f9-4d48-949e-df47e2c26d49/Instagram+Posts+%28Early+February%29.png Blog + Reviews - My 2022 in Books - Make it stand out The We and the They displayed as an audiobook on a phone with wired earbuds. How retro. 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Perhaps, like any kind of death, there is a twisted sense of inevitability with language death. But even then, that doesn’t make it any less heartbreaking. When I tell my friends about my sadness, they often shrug and suggest that language death is just part of globalization and modernity. Sometimes, I am tempted to reluctantly agree. But right now, I feel like my friends are acting nonchalant at a funeral. https://www.kyraanndawkins.org/blog/review-twenty-one-years-young-by-amy-dong monthly 0.5 2021-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef4b6fb3e00d668018bdd81/1627857330577-C5ZSG8UY10ZIIIRRQKJ9/FullSizeRender.jpeg Blog + Reviews - Review: Twenty-One Years Young by Amy Dong - “In my own essays, I want my stories to set the stage for someone else’s scenes. I ask that my readers fill in the gaps with their own lines and props and characters. My life is not as significant as I sometimes make it out to be, but my feelings are universal–” –Amy Dong, Twenty-One Years Young, p. 14 https://www.kyraanndawkins.org/blog/my-first-half-of-2021-review-round-up monthly 0.5 2021-07-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef4b6fb3e00d668018bdd81/1623174910796-5KKB882DJ752EBNBJ7TD/Review+Round-Up.png Blog + Reviews - My First Half of 2021 Review Round-Up - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef4b6fb3e00d668018bdd81/1623177980465-89ABY2VABTBV3CFIH6PX/IMG_6FD811C197BE-1.jpeg Blog + Reviews - My First Half of 2021 Review Round-Up https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef4b6fb3e00d668018bdd81/1623176744715-ORF6ZA1DSF3FIJYYLMOE/IMG_0120.jpg Blog + Reviews - My First Half of 2021 Review Round-Up https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef4b6fb3e00d668018bdd81/1623177412962-RVRMPBISS3JRVJ7DAV93/IMG_0119.PNG Blog + Reviews - My First Half of 2021 Review Round-Up https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef4b6fb3e00d668018bdd81/1623177530114-5BGCEO2RTV78JWV016NO/IMG_0121.jpg Blog + Reviews - My First Half of 2021 Review Round-Up https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef4b6fb3e00d668018bdd81/1624822530653-SI921CEW8866L8Z4WFOA/Screen+Shot+2021-06-27+at+3.33.18+PM.png Blog + Reviews - My First Half of 2021 Review Round-Up https://www.kyraanndawkins.org/blog/to-wish-to-pray monthly 0.5 2021-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef4b6fb3e00d668018bdd81/1618339560186-25RVZTLPO2WLFYGJLL5U/To+Wish%2C+To+Pray.png Blog + Reviews - To Wish, To Pray https://www.kyraanndawkins.org/blog/a-writers-23rd-birthday-declaration monthly 0.5 2021-03-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef4b6fb3e00d668018bdd81/1615581499190-QT5X9Q74CG8K3HDLW4MZ/Behold+Azara%27s+Blaze.png Blog + Reviews - A Writer's 23rd Birthday Declaration https://www.kyraanndawkins.org/blog/lying-in-fires-truth-because-of-anansi monthly 0.5 2021-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef4b6fb3e00d668018bdd81/1612454375141-PVFT5WWAUHPG985R2NHP/Lying+in+Fire%27s+Truth_+Because+of+Anansi.png Blog + Reviews - Lying in Fire’s Truth: Because of Anansi https://www.kyraanndawkins.org/blog/listening-to-toni-morrisons-song-of-solomon monthly 0.5 2021-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef4b6fb3e00d668018bdd81/1611677960228-IEXCPNLKZPW0NQK5EKOY/IMG_1050.jpg Blog + Reviews - Listening to Toni Morrison’s Song of Solomon While Taking My Braids Aloose https://www.kyraanndawkins.org/blog/a-bit-about-me-25-of-my-favorite-things monthly 0.5 2021-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef4b6fb3e00d668018bdd81/1610670603362-RDQ3XH2EWSBXWOEU3RQH/IMG_4245.jpg Blog + Reviews - A Bit About Me: 25 of My Favorite Things - In a world of heightened content creation and consumption, sometimes it is easy to slip into seeing yourself in terms of the content you share. That’s all too true for me at least. As I’ve begun to embrace seeing myself as an author, I’ve leaned into developing a personal brand of sorts, curating my “I”. Though I’ve enjoyed doing this overall, there’s a wrestling sense of conflation and dissociation. I constantly have to remind myself that, even though my content reflects aspects of me, I am not equal to my content or my work at-large. A lot of my friends have mentioned dealing with something similar as they’ve presented themselves on different platforms. But you know what? Sometimes, I think we all need to remind ourselves and our broader audiences that we are all whole human beings and not just sources of specific types of content. In curating my “I”, I am not obligated to fit inside of any fixed mold all the time. NO ONE IS! So, I wanted to share this silly and somewhat random post because I wanted to share more of myself with you all in a less filtered way. 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Much of my previous work, which are largely scholastic essays, opinion-editorials, and poems can be found in The Plain Dealer, the Columbia Daily Spectator, Quarto Magazine, The Columbia Witness, the Columbia Explorations in Global Language Justice Blog, the LILAS Wellness Blog, and the Columbia Oral History Masters in Arts Blog to name a few places. I have also had the pleasures of serving as Opinion-Editorial Deputy Editor for the Columbia Daily Spectator and of being a ghostwriter for prominent community leaders in the Greater Cleveland Area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef4b6fb3e00d668018bdd81/1593108245076-QQ92PCZITDVV3ZVDZGW0/vrb-o1-a.jpg Home - The We and the They is a book guided by oral tradition and rooted in collective identity. I was compelled to write The We and the They because I wanted to create a narrative space where one could healthily escape the limits of individuality and experience a story as a member of a new collective. Framing oneself as an individual all the time can be confusing, exhausting, and isolating. However, I know that I would not be who I am without the stories I’ve been told and communities that I’m a part of. I feel less alone and I am less nervous about who I am becoming when I remember the collectives that are already around me and join new diverse ones. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef4b6fb3e00d668018bdd81/1593119313147-L2ZYRHV3Q8L0YBEDHZJ0/87753424_103740814568557_2872887346368348160_o+%281%29.png https://www.kyraanndawkins.org/the-we-and-the-they daily 0.75 2023-01-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef4b6fb3e00d668018bdd81/1634386041272-WNSVZWN2YLAZOFVD13S6/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-10-09%2Bat%2B8.08.47%2BPM.jpg The We and the They Adelaide– A young woman devoted to protecting the complexity of God's creation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef4b6fb3e00d668018bdd81/add848b5-ba38-4d8c-a6e3-00ed7d53e676/1.png The We and the They https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef4b6fb3e00d668018bdd81/b3439f97-02d5-4026-9d6a-3fa391e789f5/2.png The We and the They https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef4b6fb3e00d668018bdd81/5d487bed-ebc8-48bb-a21a-c5def593fed8/Screen+Shot+2021-10-09+at+8.24.05+PM.png The We and the They Rose–The epitome of all that is beautiful, but way more than a pretty face https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef4b6fb3e00d668018bdd81/490f1132-424f-444d-89a8-76e65aba6bcb/1.png The We and the They https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef4b6fb3e00d668018bdd81/f013dfcf-eb28-4f7a-8ed8-f8528ddcc064/2.png The We and the They https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef4b6fb3e00d668018bdd81/778a3dcd-44c2-46ac-94bd-d33a47feafe4/Screen+Shot+2021-10-20+at+5.54.04+PM.png The We and the They Samson–Has glorious dreadlocks, the strength of a lion, and a soft heart of a lamb https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef4b6fb3e00d668018bdd81/44c676ed-9b54-430b-bd94-d8e6ecf1b2e2/1.png The We and the They https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef4b6fb3e00d668018bdd81/bc4c036b-1ad8-4356-b91c-e372355ee75e/2.png The We and the They https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef4b6fb3e00d668018bdd81/1636742289484-9380YGKRMU0C6B7JN6MY/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-10-09%2Bat%2B8.24.52%2BPM.jpg The We and the They Zenith–Quiet, wise, and often provides an unexpected calm in her leadership https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef4b6fb3e00d668018bdd81/d8d05189-2efe-4134-9a0e-00c4218d2eaf/1.png The We and the They https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef4b6fb3e00d668018bdd81/a1226230-3b79-40c8-b5e1-8af2f93275a0/2.png The We and the They https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef4b6fb3e00d668018bdd81/30b1bf53-bb65-46b4-b83e-d82a6dc192c8/Screen+Shot+2021-10-09+at+8.25.19+PM.png The We and the They Jordan–Honestly would rather be swimming somewhere https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef4b6fb3e00d668018bdd81/c478342f-a510-4bc9-b7e7-e30d9c03f2f4/1.png The We and the They https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef4b6fb3e00d668018bdd81/5030de44-a348-4fa2-a6e0-76204406647d/2.png The We and the They https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef4b6fb3e00d668018bdd81/562728f6-27f9-4b67-b917-7492c0934c80/3.png The We and the They https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef4b6fb3e00d668018bdd81/1593201282462-WE6QTRSOXVT2VPBB00WN/1.png The We and the They Embodies innocence and hope as the We look towards their future https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef4b6fb3e00d668018bdd81/5cad585d-6963-422d-bed7-151d4fbe07bc/2.png The We and the They https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef4b6fb3e00d668018bdd81/1593199101438-4KUM6MBTUKWUJ7RP23ZL/Screen+Shot+2020-06-26+at+3.17.44+PM.png The We and the They https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef4b6fb3e00d668018bdd81/f7b32ac2-75f2-40a5-8ed2-67119eec2df1/Screen+Shot+2022-05-14+at+12.08.50+PM.png The We and the They - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef4b6fb3e00d668018bdd81/d8e2c3ee-fa83-454c-b072-dd2c9501505e/Royal+Winner+Trans+Background.png The We and the They - Make it stand out Honorable Mention in Science Fiction/Fantast Ebooks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef4b6fb3e00d668018bdd81/54587461-029e-4f74-bfc0-87a66cf61eda/Screen+Shot+2022-07-04+at+10.09.54+AM.png The We and the They - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.kyraanndawkins.org/short-works daily 0.75 2022-05-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef4b6fb3e00d668018bdd81/1593190184582-Q142TBU04XBWOMDCSDB8/Canva+-+Black+Pen+on+White+Printed+Paper+Near+White+Ceramic+Mug+%281%29.jpg Short Works https://www.kyraanndawkins.org/review-policy daily 0.75 2021-07-12 https://www.kyraanndawkins.org/media-features daily 0.75 2022-06-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef4b6fb3e00d668018bdd81/2187873b-b244-4094-a367-9c58f3c229ea/Coffee+Chat+Thumbnails+%281%29.png Media - #CoffeeChats is an ongoing series for casual conversations about goals as authors that will often feature special guests. I cohost this YouTube web-series with Mackenzie Finklea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef4b6fb3e00d668018bdd81/d614219c-88b9-4eca-a027-847d07554659/Show+Graphic41.jpg Media - As Ms. Victoria would say, “Get the book.” Talking to Ms. Victoria, Ms. Ruth, and Ms. Andrea was some of the most wholesome fun I’ve had in a while. Check out the episode. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef4b6fb3e00d668018bdd81/3343ac80-cb80-43c0-a087-8323edcc2dd3/Screen+Shot+2022-06-04+at+11.08.33+AM.png Media - “Have you ever heard of language justice? Tune in to today’s podcast to hear Alisha’s conversation with author Kyra Ann Dawkins. We are talking about language justice, her book The We and The They and what it’s like to be an author.” –Alisha Wielfaert It was so refreshing to talk about how oral history and language justice inform the rest of my work! Check out the episode. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef4b6fb3e00d668018bdd81/91cc4163-1a74-4e68-8515-8e3c22292d9f/Screen+Shot+2022-05-15+at+10.28.49+PM.png Media - “What does it mean to hono(u)r the voices around us? How can we use the power of storytelling as a catalyst for positive change in a world that glamo(u)rizes conformity?… In our conversation, Kyra shares her story and more specifically, talks about her Autistic and Nonverbal sister, Kendra, and how she has shown Kyra what it means to be true to who you are and to hono(u)r all voices.” –Hailey Rodgers This was such an empowering conversation! I hope Hailey and I were able to inspire action in healthy allyship. Check out the episode. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef4b6fb3e00d668018bdd81/a365f950-ca6f-477b-be84-8d1026a99595/Library+Laura+Podcast+Image.png Media - “Kyra loves a lot of middle grade and YA fiction, but she doesn't like it when those books don't seem to take their readers seriously... Using language that acknowledges that you're talking to a human with a brain, even when writing to a younger audience, is critical.” –Library Laura I loved walking down memory lane and gushing over book recommendations. Check out the episode. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef4b6fb3e00d668018bdd81/73e87fa3-d8a7-4c63-a9a4-09ebcffcccaf/4+%281%29.png Media - “A lover of words, teaching about the values and dangers of living in our distinct communities” –Alex Wait This was my first podcast interview ever! Check out the episode. https://www.kyraanndawkins.org/first-person-archer daily 0.75 2023-04-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef4b6fb3e00d668018bdd81/4b8e3496-f02c-4914-b09c-ead9cafb543d/Updated+Rajon+.jpeg First-Person Archer Rajon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef4b6fb3e00d668018bdd81/7908dc40-b001-40c8-8d17-53d352c9846d/1.png First-Person Archer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef4b6fb3e00d668018bdd81/83aeff7f-f1cc-41f2-8119-7e8c872ab1d4/2.png First-Person Archer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef4b6fb3e00d668018bdd81/4e44e694-e600-47e3-8ee2-26f47c8ba178/Iris%E2%80%93FPA.jpeg First-Person Archer Iris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef4b6fb3e00d668018bdd81/a34685c2-45ce-48d3-ab71-43e17e1137ab/1.png First-Person Archer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef4b6fb3e00d668018bdd81/a774fb0f-fd3c-485d-90ca-55642f0f9a69/2.png First-Person Archer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef4b6fb3e00d668018bdd81/65136944-3cc8-4b84-8416-851a3f54427c/Screenshot+2022-12-24+at+12.35.19+PM.png First-Person Archer Djokobe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef4b6fb3e00d668018bdd81/bc367c9c-0b73-4abb-8f16-cd8b87acebc3/1.png First-Person Archer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef4b6fb3e00d668018bdd81/8936223a-2ae8-4829-8b43-5e4b3a8bf18f/2.png First-Person Archer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef4b6fb3e00d668018bdd81/c77de95e-a6cb-42f3-990d-a1c796833600/Screenshot+2023-03-25+at+11.08.31+AM.png First-Person Archer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef4b6fb3e00d668018bdd81/dde360fd-b1a1-402d-a7ad-e73c274d02ff/1.png First-Person Archer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef4b6fb3e00d668018bdd81/a9a54e60-7c57-4080-9a87-95a5e4cf93df/2.png First-Person Archer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef4b6fb3e00d668018bdd81/750a11c0-e518-4f61-ae1e-da3254fc92ff/Screenshot+2023-03-25+at+11.07.38+AM.png First-Person Archer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef4b6fb3e00d668018bdd81/cffdde89-d49f-4aa3-9eae-9b08bb338a79/1.png First-Person Archer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef4b6fb3e00d668018bdd81/e20153ac-3c82-4c2b-ae88-64a31b9e28a4/2.png First-Person Archer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef4b6fb3e00d668018bdd81/e70c14e3-b5a4-4211-b364-8d6ab748dc55/First+Person+Archer+Image+%28Instagram+Post%29.jpg