Bianca VivionArise and Live: A Letter to My Brother on His 30th BirthdayDear PJ,Mar 14, 2020Mar 14, 2020
Bianca VivionAt Your Best: A Case Against the Last WordAll writers are obsessed with endings, and rightfully so. Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man, a Harlem love story and arguably the greatest…Jul 19, 2019Jul 19, 2019
Bianca VivionBetween the World and Us: Why Black Men Won’t Love Black WomenNo place is this phenomenon better illustrated than in the romantic pursuits of successful black American men. I had long wondered why…Dec 19, 20184Dec 19, 20184
Bianca VivionMy Tongue Fell Short: Wishing Death To Our KillersWhen I was eight years old I wished death upon my father. It was a silent prayer I recited again & again one evening as I lay awake on my…Jun 19, 2018Jun 19, 2018
Bianca VivionWhatcha Gonna Do When The Rent Is Due? Love and Other Broken Houses$3000. That’s how much I owe my landlord in back rent. 3 days, that’s how long it’s been since I’ve answered my boyfriend’s phone calls. NO…Apr 7, 2018Apr 7, 2018
Bianca VivionA World Without MenThis year on Father’s Day, I showed up to my father’s house empty handed, much like he’d shown up to mine my entire life. When he asked…Jun 19, 2017Jun 19, 2017
Bianca VivionThe Beat Cannot Go On: The World When Girls Go MissingI’m seventeen. I’ve just finished another closing shift at American Apparel. Time is bending towards ten o’ clock. I pull on jeans under a…Mar 25, 2017Mar 25, 2017
Bianca VivionThe Trouble With Gravity: Love and the Laws of MotionI have always lived believing that I am bound by very few rules, and the few I do live by are quite simple. There’s the Golden Rule, “Do…Mar 6, 20173Mar 6, 20173