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Land 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 Sharpe

6 min readMar 8, 2023

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Land Stewardship is a Practice of Liberation

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Amber Butts
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The Reverb

Ancestor Trees

My 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…

5 min readJul 21, 2022

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Ancestor Trees

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The Reverb

Octopus Guts: A short story

YOUR FAVORITE MEAL was hash browns with tangy ketchup and it takes me three days to gather all the ingredients. I made the ketchup, making…

21 min readFeb 16, 2022

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Octopus Guts: A short story

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The Reverb

Dancing with Earthworms and Tree Aunties

These 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…

8 min readDec 15, 2021

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Dancing with Earthworms and Tree Aunties

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ZORA

The Disturbing Erasure of Black Burial Grounds

The gentrification of these once sacred spaces is costing us our culture

7 min readAug 21, 2019

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The Disturbing Erasure of Black Burial Grounds

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Black Hairdressers and Black Clients Save Lives

I 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…

7 min readJun 11, 2019

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Amber Butts

I Smack My Lips Like My Grandmama

And loss slaps me still. Makes me tongue tied and dizzy.

3 min readApr 9, 2019

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Amber Butts

Non-monogamy

We are encouraged to mark folks’ relationship to us, to always identify in relationship to the other. Upon introductions, we say this is…

2 min readFeb 21, 2019

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There 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.

2 min readDec 18, 2018

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Amber Butts

Petty Queen

In the cyber, social and physical world of Radical Black Politics, some of claim (to be) spaces of transformation, of embodiment, of right…

3 min readDec 4, 2018

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Amber Butts

Amber Butts

Amber Butts is a storyteller, cultural strategist, and grief worker. She firmly believes in the bonds of living beings everywhere.

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