Discovering My American Identity...In Portugal
I’m stepping into America’s 250th birthday in Lisbon, contemplating my Americanism.
Blood, Sweat & Words by Kyra Davis Lurie
An Author's guide to both overcoming the pain of disappointments and resisting the complacency that too often follows triumphs. Realism served with a heaping dose of hope.
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Pulling A James Baldwin
At the age of 24, James Baldwin left America and moved to France.
Ethel Waters, Sugar Hill’s Troublemaking Queen
The most common word people who worked with Ethel Waters used to describe her was “Difficult.” Some thought, “Troublemaker,” was more accurate.
Happy Birthday, América
When I was little, before every birthday my mom would take me to this magical place a few miles south on Highway 1, a store with a roof but few walls, giving it the feel of an open air market.
Give L.A. Her Flowers
I’m writing this on Monday June 9th.
Moving The Great Gatsby Into Sugar Hill
The themes of THE GREAT GATSBY fit so beautifully with the history of L.A.’s Sugar Hill, where the city’s Black elite lived in mansions and defied expectations, I simply couldn’t resist marrying the two within my upcoming novel, THE GREAT MANN.
Substack Take-Over
By Kyra's husband
The Rules Of Keeping Kyra Sane
...and other improbable goals
Self-Centered Heroes
Is the stratospheric success of one African American a form of activism?
Gatsby Is (Almost*) All Of Us
*Old money folks not included