Born in southeastern Virginia in the 1950s, I am curious about how whiteness warps and twists white people like me.

My essay, "What Changes, What Remains the Same," placed 2nd in the Winston-Salem Writers Flying South 2024 contest and was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Another essay, "Coyote at the Crossroads," was published in 2018 by Paloma Press in the collection, Humanity.

My memoir, "From Where I Stand," tells the story of racist violence that targeted my family and friends in a small southern town in 1969. Late in life, I return to examine my story in a nation still mired in white supremacy and uncover history I was never taught: about the enslavers who are my ancestors and the country that labeled me white. And, while talking to the people I knew back then, I am blind-sided by love for a man who was--and continues to be--a central part of my story.

A newlywed in my 70s, I live in Wake Forest, NC, with my husband William, who keeps me honest and does all the cooking.