danika noun (1)
\’duhKNEEcuh\
definition of danika
: a radically curious reader and narrative writer in baltimore city
Recently featured in ‘darling Nikki: An Anthology of Creative Works Dedicated to the Memory of Nikki Giovanni’ .
“…The unsteady frame of our home is wavering and buckling beneath the unspoken affirmations, missed connections, and self righteous soliloquies.
We have dismantled our home, built it on quicksand, and sawed through the frame to protect the words left unsaid. Love lingers on the edge of our tongue but we shut our mouths rather than let our heart speak in place of our fear. We lay a blanket on our sinking foundation and settle together beneath the crown of our home looking through the shattered skylights imagining, conjuring what could’ve been. A home that love built and fear destroyed…”
-excerpt from ‘The House Love Built & Fear Destroyed’, ‘darling Nikki’, Volume One
danika is an essayist with a passion for history and contemporary culture alike.
she is an inquisitive vignette prose writer drafting her commentary from the perspective of an ordinary black girl with endless questions. her writing is refreshingly thought provoking, challenging audiences to reflect on the nuances of our conscience, culture, and community.
