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Crystelle Mourning

A Novel by Eisa Nefertari Ulen With her well-employed fiancé and a comfortable life in New York City, Crystelle has a life most young professionals would envy. She has come a long way from theContinue reading

Eisa Nefertari Ulen

About Eisa Ulen, Author

Eisa Nefertari Ulen is the author of Crystelle Mourning (Atria), a novel described by The Washington Post as “a call for healing in the African American community from generations of hurt and neglect.” Eisa isContinue reading

Freelance Journalism, Book Reviews, and Personal Essays

2022 Critic’s Notebook: “Behind Will Smith’s Slap, Black Pain and Enough Blame to Go Around.” Published by the Hollywood Reporter, March 29, 2022. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/will-smith-chris-rock-slap-jada-pinkett-oscars-1235121662/ 2021 Review of “The Other Black Girl.” Published May 2021 byContinue reading

Interviews with Eisa

Truthout Interviews Eisa Ulen on Genetic and Cultural DNA Sunday, March 9, 2014 by Ted Asregadoo Truthout Interviews Eisa Ulen on Raven Symone and Black Identity Sunday, October 19, 2014 by Ted Asregadoo PEN.org interviewContinue reading

Podcasts

Black Parenting Matters: Raising Children in a World of Police Terror, On Rising Up with Sonali, July 13, 2016. Truthout Interviews Eisa Ulen on Raven Symone and Black Identity by Ted Asregadoo, Sunday, October 19,Continue reading

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The following links will take you to other websites Truthout.org https://truthout.org/authors/eisa-nefertari-ulen/ The Hollywood Reporter https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/author/eisa-nefertari-ulen/ L.A. Review of Books https://lareviewofbooks.org/contributor/eisa-nefertari-ulen/ Bitch Media https://www.bitchmedia.org/article/if-we-must-wear-ourselves-out-let-it-be-because-we-build Reader’s Digest https://www.rd.com/author/sw-92474/ Huffington Post https://m.huffpost.com/us/eisa-ulen

Contact Eisa Ulen

Lecture topics and workshop ideas related to the major themes in my novel: Crossing Generations: Women Forming Friendship Across Age Lines Working Through Trauma and Resurrecting the Female Spirit Mothers and Daughters: Choosing What toContinue reading