Author Archives: Sirelle Carter
Signed Sirelle: There Has To Be a Point
You will never see your child alive again. The feeling that overcame you, at the conclusion of that lede, should be the same feeling you possess when you see that an elementary school, once again, fell victim to a mass … Continue reading
Living in the Black & White
When I was seven years old, I saw a movie that stripped me of my worldly innocence long before I was prepared for it. That movie, starring Jon Voight and Ving Rhames, was Rosewood. I have not seen the film … Continue reading
Signed, Sirelle: “To Come Across a Hero”
Several of my group chats have spent much of the last day discussing Kobe Bryant. Business as usual, essentially. Except this is unusual. We aren’t arguing, we aren’t debating—we’re coping. Like so many others yesterday, I sat blank and motionless … Continue reading
Signed, Sirelle: “Thirty Trips Around The Sun”
Google Calculator tells me that this weekend will mark around 10,950 days in which Antoine Sirrelle Starks has been a thing. Which to me, it feels as if there has been that many days in 2019 alone. When it comes … Continue reading
Signed, Sirelle: “Did You Make It Home?”
I have this saying, most days, when I’m leaving the office: Make it home safe. It is my daily farewell ritual to whomever is left in the office to make it back to your loved ones in the condition that … Continue reading
October 10, 1997: The Day I Met Death
94 minutes. That’s how long he fought off death. From the listed “Time of Injury,” to the pronounced time of death, he was as stubborn as the genetics he passed on to me. The entry on line 33d of the death … Continue reading
Case of the Mondays 11.28.16
It’s been awhile since I’ve written about it—love, that is. I find it as fascinating a concept, now, as I ever have. More than vodka, and more than whiskey, love is the single most intoxicating concoction that I have ever known. … Continue reading
Signed Sirelle: “Letter to My Future Son”
I write this guide to life in the event that I never get to tell my future son myself. My darling boy, I have so many thoughts, I don’t know where to begin. There is a lot going on in … Continue reading
Signed Sirelle: “Untitled”
In the aftermath of the most deadly mass shooting in our nation’s history, we have reached peak hypocrisy in America. Nightmarishly, in the early hours of Sunday morning, a gunman entered a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, and opened fire … Continue reading
Opinion: You Are Not for Sale
While recently strolling down the cereal aisle, I became mortified as I approached a section of Frosted Flakes. Not due to that box of artificial sugar – though it should have been – but because of the realization that I had … Continue reading
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