Author Archives: Kenya Vaughn | The St. Louis American

Pearl Cleage writes plays that feel like an invitation to pull up a chair—quietly, respectfully—and witness the conversations Black women have long relied on to survive. The kitchen‑table strategy sessions. The beauty‑shop truth‑telling. The whispered confessions and the loud declarations. For generations, these exchanges have been dismissed as gossip, but Cleage treats them as the […]