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Back Porch

Seeking Home

by Regina N. Bradley

“Central to constructs of home and region is memory. Southern memories . . . are the backbone of the region’s identity.”  I’M A MILITARY BRAT. Both parents in the Navy, to be exact. I’ve lived a little bit of here and a little bit of there: I was born in Hawaii, then moved to Beaufort, »

Back Porch

Taking Up Space

by Regina N. Bradley

“Sojourning is a daring act of freedom-making and . . . an acknowledgment of reclamation of spaces where Black women and femme folks were historically excluded.” I’m in Edenton, North Carolina. I’m here to do some sacred work. I slowly turn the bowl of white rose petals in my hands. They are moist from freshly »