Profiles

COVID-19 shifted the pace of the world, at times almost stopping it, but Zibby Owens, podcast host and author, didn’t let the pandemic get in her way.

The decision that my daughter’s birth mother made, perhaps the hardest she ever had or will ever make, brought me the most happiness, and that is a strange balance to accept.

Nostalgia pulled me into this story, but I needed to step away from it in order to write a book.

“I cannot teach anyone to be an artist, but then I don’t have to because everyone is already an artist.”

“This was my hope—to join in a larger conversation about miscarriage—and I’m really touched that readers have found my work.”

” . . . my life as a Black woman, mother, artist, and traveler is varied and nuanced and rich.” Camille T. Dungy

I think the thing that serves any writer best, and has certainly served me, is to be honest. To have a point of view. Tell your story. Know your own voice and figure out how to get it on the page.

“Grimoire hones in on maternal health and labor—the physical and psychic work it takes to bear and rear Black children.”

This is something that has always haunted me: We all have the power, at any moment, to ruin our own lives. To hurt someone we love dearly.

In my experience, the maternal-child relationship distills the truth of human relationships in general: they are messy and complicated at the same time as being incredibly rewarding.

We are passionate about removing the target from female bodies.