Amber ButtsinThe ReverbLand Stewardship is a Practice of Liberation“What does it mean to return? Is return possible? Is it desired? And if it is, under what conditions and for whom?” — Dr. Christina SharpeMar 8, 2023Mar 8, 2023
Amber ButtsinThe ReverbAncestor TreesMy first tree memory is not my own. It is a story shared by my nana who, along with her younger siblings, was discovered to have taken a…Jul 21, 2022Jul 21, 2022
Amber ButtsinThe ReverbOctopus Guts: A short storyYOUR FAVORITE MEAL was hash browns with tangy ketchup and it takes me three days to gather all the ingredients. I made the ketchup, making…Feb 16, 2022Feb 16, 2022
Amber ButtsinThe ReverbDancing with Earthworms and Tree AuntiesThese days, when I am unable to lift my body out of bed, or when light twists into something monstrous and my vision morphs into warning, I…Dec 15, 20212Dec 15, 20212
Amber ButtsinZORAThe Disturbing Erasure of Black Burial GroundsThe gentrification of these once sacred spaces is costing us our cultureAug 21, 20192Aug 21, 20192
Amber ButtsBlack Hairdressers and Black Clients Save LivesI have always loved untying knots. Of pulling things apart so that they can form again. I love the excitement of it, the way it eases the…Jun 11, 2019Jun 11, 2019
Amber ButtsI Smack My Lips Like My GrandmamaAnd loss slaps me still. Makes me tongue tied and dizzy.Apr 9, 2019Apr 9, 2019
Amber ButtsNon-monogamyWe are encouraged to mark folks’ relationship to us, to always identify in relationship to the other. Upon introductions, we say this is…Feb 21, 2019Feb 21, 2019
Amber ButtsThere is a smooth point where your brain and heart break at the same time.Shock. Storm. Stroke. Dementia. Portable oxygen tank. Fly in mouth. Lupus. Diabetes. Ketchup on eggs.Dec 18, 2018Dec 18, 2018
Amber ButtsPetty QueenIn the cyber, social and physical world of Radical Black Politics, some of claim (to be) spaces of transformation, of embodiment, of right…Dec 4, 2018Dec 4, 2018