Jasmine Sha-Ree

Everything’s fine, really!

The babies were adorable, but they were not Sir and Rumi, according to a rep.

In the middle of Donald Trump’s generous pardoning streak, could Assange be next?

But it won’t stay open forever.

Issa finds sleeping on Daniel’s couch more awkward than convenient as season 3 begins.

Issa just keeps falling into bad familiar patterns.

Career disillusionment sinks in while Issa and Daniel’s relationship reaches a turning point.

Issa makes a professional decision and entertains a new romantic possibility while Molly struggles to fit in at her new job.

Issa, Molly, Tiffany, and Kellie head to Coachella to see Beyoncé, but distractions threaten to derail their plans.

Issa reconnects with Lawrence and attends Tiffany’s shower with some less-than-supportive friends.

Issa gets ghosted and doesn’t take it well in an episode that brings in her inner monologue.

Season three ends with Issa turning 30 and coming to terms with Nathan’s disappearance (and reappearance).

I WAS RAISED BY MY GRANDMOTHER in the Robert Taylor Homes, a housing project on Chicago’s South Side, but frequently stayed at the home of my aunt Rosemary Jarrett, my grandmother’s oldest daughter. When my adoption was finalized, my birth certificate and other documents indelibly amended, my aunt became, legally, my sister, a novel relation that would be indispensable, steadying. My aunt had back then a marvelously filthy mouth, supplemented by a full and ribald laugh. She inherited from her mo…

Her drawings honor care workers without romanticizing their sacrifice.

To see an accompanying portfolio of images by Kwame Brathwaite from the Up South Music Issue, click …

Keeper of the Images  Oxford American

In “Women in the Picture,” the art historian Catherine McCormack traces classical female figures and their effects on Western culture.

With her book Constructing a Nervous System, the critic set herself a challenge: to recount her life through a web of influences.

Jasmine Sanders on the Black Romantic

Jasmine Sanders on “Black Dolls”