<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Writer]]></title><description><![CDATA[Writer]]></description><link>https://www.ginagreenlee.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 06:34:07 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.ginagreenlee.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[America@250: Bryan Stevenson on a New Narrative Landscape]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image credit: Legacy Museum Image credit: Equal Justice Initiative Renowned human rights attorney Bryan Stevenson, Founder and Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative, reflects on why efforts to erase or soften Black history are intensifying, how fear and false narratives have shaped American law and culture for generations, and why preserving historical truth is essential to the country’s future. Image credit: The Grio In the Grio interview excerpted in this blog post, Bryan told...]]></description><link>https://www.ginagreenlee.com/post/america-250-bryan-stevenson-on-a-new-narrative-landscape</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a4fee965c421b820217a664</guid><category><![CDATA[Black Culture]]></category><category><![CDATA[Democracy]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 13:30:11 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b2c5a_21c607398bf545a197485bdc1c4b859d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_624,h_416,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Gina Greenlee, Author</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[America@250: Author Isabel Wilkerson Honors Juneteenth 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image credit: https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth124054/ “246 years. Nearly two and a half centuries. That is how long slavery lasted in what is now the United States of America,” wrote Isabel Wilkerson on Facebook in June 2026.   “This is the day that we commemorate the moment that the last enslaved Americans were finally freed in the slavery stronghold of Texas on June 19, 1865. They had toiled for two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation and months after the end...]]></description><link>https://www.ginagreenlee.com/post/america-250-author-isabel-wilkerson-honors-juneteenth-2026</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a4699e07b6f361b1f323efd</guid><category><![CDATA[Black Culture]]></category><category><![CDATA[Democracy]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2026 12:15:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b2c5a_a9af68ed16014295a8a7e45e8749e1f5~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Gina Greenlee, Author</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Daydream Poetry: Ol’ Skool New York]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image credit: Robert Hrovat, Pixabay Humid, putrid garbage mountains piled on neighborhood street corners, in alleys.   I’m glad I don’t live in it anymore; the too-muchness. Loud, clanging, screechy.  Clouds and shadows behind Chrysler, and Empire State Buildings. The Brooklyn Bridge. Ol’ skool New York. The best street food around.   ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊   Anatomy of a Poem   ◊ ◊ ◊]]></description><link>https://www.ginagreenlee.com/post/daydream-poetry-ol-skool-new-york</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a04c78fe8ad7aab1e5fe0df</guid><category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2026 13:00:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b2c5a_0f3b0603a6a042279b502a9c1a01fdb3~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_623,h_416,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Gina Greenlee, Author</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Create-Destroy-Recreate: Finish Your Deaths]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image credit: Freya Norling, Fjord Cast “Should we have a little talk?”   So begins Freyia, a Norse folklorist and mythologist.   “Maybe you are tired because you have never finished a single death. Yes, I said that you have never finished a death. You have left too many versions of yourself half dead, half alive, trapped between worlds, still breathing, still attached. All those times you knew something was over and you didn’t bury it properly, that’s what’s leaking your energy.   “In the...]]></description><link>https://www.ginagreenlee.com/post/create-destroy-recreate-finish-your-deaths</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a04c1e3e8ad7aab1e5fd705</guid><category><![CDATA[Embody]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chaos]]></category><category><![CDATA[Deliberate Pactice]]></category><category><![CDATA[Life As Art]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 11:00:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b2c5a_8c497c4d561e4a538790b8acc875b0b8~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_480,h_360,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Gina Greenlee, Author</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Daydream Poetry: All the Rest]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image credit: The Elephant The first thing I do: Sneer smirk and all the rest. Too much damage to choose well.   ◊ ◊ ◊   Anatomy of a Poem]]></description><link>https://www.ginagreenlee.com/post/daydream-poetry-all-the-rest</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a04c0e8e5f825d008b2c1c8</guid><category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 11:45:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b2c5a_e3010f8e575641878fa743f8d0a17348~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_468,h_234,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Gina Greenlee, Author</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Create-Destroy-Recreate: In the Moment]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image credit: Time.com “Using the difficulty” is a present-moment opportunity to create-destroy-recreate. Here’s how that dynamic” played out in the making of the 2008 film, Rachel Getting Married, directed by Jonathan Demme and starring Anne Hathaway. Demme: I wanted all of the music to happen in the moment. we actually did this thing that you’re not supposed to do; we played live music while the actors are saying their dialogue. Hathaway: I didn’t know the movie was being scored live. It...]]></description><link>https://www.ginagreenlee.com/post/create-destroy-recreate-in-the-moment</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a04bed0618ba45174ffcca6</guid><category><![CDATA[Chaos]]></category><category><![CDATA[Deliberate Pactice]]></category><category><![CDATA[Life As Art]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 12:00:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b2c5a_01228843a34d450dbdc2d41c8236376d~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_600,h_400,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Gina Greenlee, Author</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prozac Plus: Keep Meaning Afloat]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image credit: NoName_13 @ Pixabay.com “This is the heroism required of you: to reckon with the facts of your existence, to make hard choices and to keep meaning afloat even as you struggle.”  Dr. Eric Maisel ◊ ◊ ◊   The Van Gogh Blues: The Creative Person’s Path Through Depression]]></description><link>https://www.ginagreenlee.com/post/prozac-plus-keep-meaning-afloat</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a04bdce7848442a572f96b7</guid><category><![CDATA[Art and Mental Health]]></category><category><![CDATA[Prozac Plus]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2026 14:00:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b2c5a_4658e1150e584979b4e1ebde7fb4c68d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_624,h_377,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Gina Greenlee, Author</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Daydream Poetry: Lopsided Honeycombs]]></title><description><![CDATA[It is mine to fold blue rage onto itself, silken weeds live with icy green. Lopsided honeycombs in skin folds. How they bring back memories of lotus flowers in Vietnam when my father was still alive.   ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊   Anatomy of a Poem]]></description><link>https://www.ginagreenlee.com/post/daydream-poetry-lopsided-honeycombs</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f2576c829c52805ba986b6</guid><category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2026 14:30:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b2c5a_32114f18add3443cb93ae3ad4f17d5a8~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_468,h_312,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Gina Greenlee, Author</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Daydream Poetry: She Gave It Away]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image credit: Analogicus, Pixabay.com Gaping from the neck down. Spangles hang; knit supports. Quarter-Sized Sequins.   She had a dress like this once. It looked amazing on her. She gave it away, like she does everything else.   ◊ ◊ ◊   Anatomy of a Poem]]></description><link>https://www.ginagreenlee.com/post/daydream-poetry-she-gave-it-away</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f2567ebc2ce3253fd2b3e7</guid><category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 11:30:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b2c5a_3265cfedc18446d5b7f111d54277a8c7~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_624,h_416,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Gina Greenlee, Author</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Create-Destroy-Recreate: Apoptosis]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image Credit: Kateryna Kon / Shutterstock.com “Apoptosis is a word referring to programmed cell death. It’s a process by which your aging, damaged, or obsolete cells deliberately destroy themselves for the benefit of your organism as a whole. This “cellular suicide” is carefully regulated and crucial for development, maintenance, and protection against diseases. About 50-70 billion cells die in you every day, sacrificing themselves so you can live better. Let’s use this healthy process as a...]]></description><link>https://www.ginagreenlee.com/post/create-destroy-recreate-apoptosis</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f25545d3f2ae6dd9178290</guid><category><![CDATA[Chaos]]></category><category><![CDATA[Deliberate Pactice]]></category><category><![CDATA[Life As Art]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 12:45:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b2c5a_33256ba042e343a1bf951f336b8d12fc~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_624,h_416,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Gina Greenlee, Author</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Create-Destroy-Recreate: Anthony Pearson ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image credit: Anthony Pearson, sculpture If your work goes up in flames, don’t fetishize the ashes, is the headline for a section of the New York Times Magazine’s April 2024 “Beginners” issue. The subtitle for the issue is: “From debuts to do-overs, what it means to start an artistic life – at any age.”   A featured quote from painter, photographer and sculptor, Anthony Pearson resonated with my focus on the dynamic of create-destroy-recreate.   “In 2013 there was an electrical fire at the...]]></description><link>https://www.ginagreenlee.com/post/create-destroy-recreate-anthony-pearson</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f25311b22b9270c63a73f4</guid><category><![CDATA[Chaos]]></category><category><![CDATA[Deliberate Pactice]]></category><category><![CDATA[Life As Art]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 13:00:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b2c5a_d0e7d0d9fcc14835a9af20320f0a4e22~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_719,h_994,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Gina Greenlee, Author</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Purse Prompts: New York Skyline]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image credit: Gina Greenlee, New York City Skyline Black-and-White Photo Handbag Use this purse-inspired step-by-step template  as a writing prompt.   ◊ ◊ ◊   What’s the Point, of Purse Prompts, You Ask? Fun way to fill a blank page. Blank pages keep folks from starting projects. You are getting your “reps” in, working and strengthening a muscle of getting started and getting on with it. With more reps, each time you work the muscle the lift gets easier. For writers, the art of noticing is...]]></description><link>https://www.ginagreenlee.com/post/purse-prompts-new-york-skyline</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69cf39a540e74dbec4ffc3c9</guid><category><![CDATA[Purse Prompts]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 10:15:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b2c5a_735c999dc8904ecd8dae18cd654415e6~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_234,h_312,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Gina Greenlee, Author</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[More Beautiful Black Women 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image Credit: Lisa Marie Theck, Unsplash Image Credit: Jabari Timothy, Unsplash Image Credit: Andrea C. Taylor, Unsplash Image Credit: xhemambosannie, Unsplash Image Credit: Awala unsplash Image Credit: artistic operations unsplash Image Credit: Pixabay Image Credit: Manuel Thelensman, Unsplash Image Credit: Corey Lankford, Unsplash Image Credit: Chris Benson, Unsplash Image Credit: Kory Williams, Unsplash Image Credit: Daniel Adesina, Unsplash Image Credit: Lisa Marie Theck, Unsplash Image...]]></description><link>https://www.ginagreenlee.com/post/more-beautiful-black-women-2026</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69bed226cf14a7a450ccb7d1</guid><category><![CDATA[Black Culture]]></category><category><![CDATA[Embody]]></category><category><![CDATA[Joy]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 11:00:14 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b2c5a_2892b56391cb426b8178e6789385a70a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Gina Greenlee, Author</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Create-Destroy-Recreate: Ray Smith]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image credit: Michael Mundy, 1 st  Dibs “…That mezzanine was created because this area flooded entirely with [Hurricane] Sandy. So, we got hit with about six feet of water,” says artist Ray Smith in a New York Times interview.   Excerpt from NYTimes article :   “The walls are built like I think probably like at least a foot off the ground because we knew that this place could flood, from day one. But [Hurricane]Sandy just completely overwhelmed us. The water started piling up outside and it...]]></description><link>https://www.ginagreenlee.com/post/create-destroy-recreate-ray-smith</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69bece99cf14a7a450ccadf5</guid><category><![CDATA[Art Practice]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chaos]]></category><category><![CDATA[Deliberate Pactice]]></category><category><![CDATA[Life As Art]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 12:45:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b2c5a_66b78197315d4bb8adf2860f0f8fd9ba~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_624,h_347,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Gina Greenlee, Author</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Purse Prompts Asian Blue]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image credit: Gina Greenlee, silken blue and pink floral handbag Use this purse-inspired step-by-step template  as a writing prompt.   ◊ ◊ ◊   What’s the Point, of Purse Prompts, You Ask? Fun way to fill a blank page. Blank pages keep folks from starting projects. You are getting your “reps” in, working and strengthening a muscle of getting started and getting on with it. With more reps, each time you work the muscle the lift gets easier. For writers, the art of noticing is like singers and...]]></description><link>https://www.ginagreenlee.com/post/purse-prompts-asian-blue</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69b03b6a00ff578fc8e959bf</guid><category><![CDATA[Purse Prompts]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 14:15:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b2c5a_2280e3efdc564e0aa24413c6099d77dd~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_468,h_351,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Gina Greenlee, Author</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Jayne Cortez Listener]]></title><description><![CDATA[Listen to Jayne Cortez , renowned jazz poet spit “You Know” and “There It Is,” live  at the San Francisco Poetry Center, 1985. In addition to publishing a number of collections , Jayne released several recordings throughout her lifetime, many of which feature her band, the Firespitters. ◊ ◊ ◊   Listen and Read   Bernice Johnson Reagon Listener ◊ ◊ ◊   Toni Morrison Listener ◊ ◊ ◊   Chris Cooper Reader ◊ ◊ ◊   Leonard Cohen Reader ◊ ◊ ◊   Gloria Steinem Reader ◊ ◊ ◊   Tom Robbins Reader ◊ ◊ ◊...]]></description><link>https://www.ginagreenlee.com/post/the-jayne-cortez-listener</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69991827fc53c4063862f30a</guid><category><![CDATA[Embody]]></category><category><![CDATA[Show Up]]></category><category><![CDATA[Black Culture]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 09:30:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b2c5a_39e119f92cef49a08b0e2f731f1bf452~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_375,h_235,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Gina Greenlee, Author</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Create-Destroy-Recreate: Yemonja Smalls]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mixed media artist Yemonja Smalls says, “What’s fun about working in wood, especially in setting it up, is things move around. You know, you might set it one way and then shift by accident, touch it, nip it on the end of the table, and things start shifting around and it’s still beautiful. “My process is really about taking something that’s solid – could be a print with beautiful flowers on it – and then taking it apart, deconstructing it. The process is therapeutic for me. I might pull some...]]></description><link>https://www.ginagreenlee.com/post/create-destroy-recreate-yemonja-smalls</link><guid isPermaLink="false">699916b99d76d99c1ceb45e2</guid><category><![CDATA[Chaos]]></category><category><![CDATA[Life As Art]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 13:30:05 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b2c5a_232f71f7ab1248b1b74075938555d2f5~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_948,h_659,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Gina Greenlee, Author</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Purse Prompts: Silver Blue-Grey Crochet]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image credit: Gina Greenlee, Shoulder Purse with Quarter-Sized Sequins Use this purse-inspired step-by-step template  as a writing prompt.   ◊ ◊ ◊   What’s the Point of Purse Prompts, You Ask? Fun way to fill a blank page. Blank pages keep folks from starting projects. You are getting your “reps” in, working and strengthening a muscle of getting started and getting on with it. With more reps, each time you work the muscle the lift gets easier. For writers, the art of noticing is like singers...]]></description><link>https://www.ginagreenlee.com/post/purse-prompts-silver-blue-grey-crochet</link><guid isPermaLink="false">699912879d76d99c1ceb3b6b</guid><category><![CDATA[Purse Prompts]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 10:45:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b2c5a_4c66a527436a4812a86562ff58d3b823~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_293,h_390,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Gina Greenlee, Author</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beautiful Black Men: 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image Credit: Anas Alhajj at Unsplash Image Credit: CovantNYC at Pixabay Image Credit: Glasses Shop at Pixabay Image Credit: JDaley at Pixabay Image Credit: Leroy Skalstad, Pixabay Image Credit: Leroy Skalstad, Pixabay Image Credit: Pexels on Pixabay Image Credit: Pixabay Image Credit: Brave Pictures, Unsplash Image Credit: Leroy Skalstad, Pixabay Image Credit: Meso Today, Pixabay Image Credit: Kaysha at Unsplash Image Credit: Kingsley Osei-Abrah, Unsplash Image Credit: Pixabay Image Credit:...]]></description><link>https://www.ginagreenlee.com/post/beautiful-black-men-2026</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6998b7b7fc53c4063861febb</guid><category><![CDATA[Black Culture]]></category><category><![CDATA[Embody]]></category><category><![CDATA[Joy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Show Up]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 08:30:05 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b2c5a_2241b1b04b8045b5aefe1ba4eb3a9488~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Gina Greenlee, Author</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Show Up: James Baldwin]]></title><link>https://www.ginagreenlee.com/post/show-up-james-baldwin</link><guid isPermaLink="false">699882f71d8cdde54448bd12</guid><category><![CDATA[Black Culture]]></category><category><![CDATA[Show Up]]></category><category><![CDATA[Power Recipe]]></category><category><![CDATA[Embody]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2026 11:00:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b2c5a_822101aadc7345c884edbeec579e9a74~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_335,h_597,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Gina Greenlee, Author</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>