Welcome New Subscribers

Welcome New Subscribers! A brief introduction. The “Love Imagined” blog is thanks to my publisher, LHP.  Its main focus is writing.  I am an author, literary editor, teacher, and mentor. My interests include:  identity, particularly mixed-race identity; autism; the 70’s (not the decade, but the numeric age that I am); …

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Excerpt from How Dare We! Write

“The tinikling offers a visual explanation of how bilingual writing works. Like the agile dancing feet of a tinikling dancer, a bilingual writer’s mind is connected to her feet at all times, transferring and translating the beat of clapping bamboos from a hearing experience to a whole body experience. Living …

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Excerpt from How Dare We! Write

“I would add that many programs do not even offer courses dealing with race and writing as an elective. I didn’t know such a thing existed. Over the duration of my program, my writing became less race conscious instead of more. Sure everything thing I do and say leaves the …

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