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Mahogany L. Browne

Mahogany L. Browne

That One Time (pt2)

My daughter calls and tells me her roommate’s mother confronted her. The women stood in her shared college dorm and demanded she be the…

2 min readMar 22, 2017

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Mahogany L. Browne

That One Time (pt 1)

she told me it was my job to understand that she was a white woman trying. she told me not to make fun of her for making fun of me. she…

2 min readMar 22, 2017

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Mahogany L. Browne

The Wound

I am in a city in Texas & nothing feels as good as knowing you will bury a violent thing.

3 min readMar 21, 2017

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Mahogany L. Browne

Until Ash

Essay 5/52

3 min readMar 10, 2017

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Mahogany L. Browne

Teeth Suck

It was right before the summer of ’87 and only two things mattered.

4 min readJan 19, 2017

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Mahogany L. Browne

A Chorus of Hands

There was that time I thought I could find my soul in another’s man mouth. It must’ve been on the dance floor in San Francisco after I left…

3 min readJan 8, 2017

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Mahogany L. Browne

An Erasure poem…Inspired by #FrankOcean

https://medium.com/@theoffingmag/an-erasure-poem-of-frank-oceans-essay-following-orlando-s-pulse-massacre-951cdbf1410#.makasi8q0

1 min readJul 1, 2016

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Mahogany L. Browne

I arrived in Palm Beach ready to work under the genius that is Kevin Young.

It is here that I offer a disclaimer: Shit is about to get real uncomfortable for those sitting in the idea of “post-racial America.”

7 min readFeb 21, 2016

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I arrived in Palm Beach ready to work under the genius that is Kevin Young.

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Mahogany L. Browne

So I just booked my ticket to #LA & am (barely) ready to deal with the reality that I’ve been…

Now, while I am excited to attend the ceremonies & red carpet festivities, I’m super afraid. Yesterday, I did an interview and they asked…

2 min readJan 8, 2016

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So I just booked my ticket to #LA & am (barely) ready to deal with the reality that I’ve been…

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Mahogany L. Browne

Mahogany L. Browne

I write things. I'm trynna save my own life #blackpoetsspeakout Nuyorican Poets Cafe, Cave Canem & Poets House Alum/for booking lissa@strengthofdoves.com

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