The stories

Every book begins the same way: with a question I couldn't stop asking.

Sometimes that question leads down a back road with my mother. Sometimes it leads into family history, medicine, and the stories hidden between generations. Sometimes it leads into a darkened concert hall where music says what words cannot.

Though each book explores a different subject, they are connected by the same curiosity: Who are we? Where have we been? And what do we carry forward?

Explore the stories below.

  • What We Found Along the Way Fron Book Cover

    Travel • Culture • History

    A mother-daughter journey through back roads and historic places, finding unexpected discoveries that happen when curiosity takes the lead.

  • RebelSoul Front Book Cover

    Music • Photography • Art

    A decade of concert and festival photography capturing the energy, emotion, and artistry of jazz, soul, R&B, and funk.

  • Marked by History Front Book Cover

    Identity • Ancestry • Medicine

    A personal exploration of race, ancestry, memory, and medicine, and how history continues to shape the lives we live today.


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