I’m a Black, Latiné writer, lawyer, and proud child of immigrants. Pronouns: she/her/ella. Find some of my published work at the links below.

Memoir:

• About loving my twin brother (Electric Literature) (Best American Essays-nominated)

• About language, loss, and love (Cutleaf) (Pushcart Prize-nominated)

• About being an old lawyer and a new writer (Catapult)

• About being a bad dancer (Amplify) [contact me to read]

Culture:

• About Rihanna and liberation (Catapult)

• About friend breakups and drag queens (Insider)

• About joining Twitter…and being blocked on Twitter (It’s Not Us Substack)

• About thee icon Lisa Turtle (The Young Folks)

• About Insecure’s “High-Like” episode being perfect (Drunk Monkeys)

• About excellent podcasts for Black listeners and made by Black women (Podcast Review)

• About my first celebrity crush, aka my problematic forever bae (or forever problematic bae?) (Drunk Monkeys)

• About when my aforementioned first celebrity crush from 1998 was back in the news in 2021 (Drunk Monkeys)

Anthologies:

Back Where I Came From: On Culture, Identity, and Home (award winning!!)

Mamas, Martyrs, and Jezebels: Myths, Legends, and Other Lies You’ve Been Told about Black Women (watch me read an excerpt)

Instagram / Twitter / Bluesky / Facebook @ofeliabrooksesq

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