WRITING CREATIVE WRITING CREATIVE NONFICTION

Notes on “Waiting for Myself to Appear”

In the shadow of slave-owner Robert Geffrye, a black woman is given her voice

“Mary Anne”, no longer voiceless (photo by author)

Esther Niles’ Alisha is an attempt to name a nameless woman. To give an identity to an undocumented character lost in the annals of history.