Author of Honey Is the Knife.

Comedienne & Cultural commentator.

Creator of spaces where art, healing, and pleasure intersect.

My speaking sits at the intersection of literary craft, cultural critique, and lived experience. I create spaces that are humor-centered, intellectually rigorous, emotionally honest, and unexpectedly intimate, whether I’m speaking to a room of 20 people or 2,000.

Expect sharp insight, real conversation, and the kind of honesty that makes people sit up a little straighter.

SELECTED SPEAKING:

The Broad • Smith College • Catapult • Girls Write Now • White Whale Books • Elevated Women

SAMPLE TALKS:

Black Madonna of the Fretful Heart: Anxiety, Power, & the Sacred Self

A reframe of anxiety as signal rather than failure, grounded in story, symbol, and self-trust.

→ Audience leaves with language for navigating fear, intuition, internalized shame, and their inner voice.

The Oprah Ache: Mother Wounds & Mother Scars

An exploration of ancestral inheritance, identity, and emotional lineage and how self-care becomes a site of repair.

→ Audience leaves with insight into inherited patterns and a clearer sense of the healing they need.

Mermaids Smoke Seaweed: Reimagining Climate Through Ocean Farming, Cannabis, & Ritual

A thought-provoking talk exploring seaweed, cannabis, aquatic spirituality, climate resilience, and humanity’s relationship to water through storytelling, ecology, and Sacred Feminine African traditions.

→ Audience leaves with a deeper appreciation for oceans, cannabis cultivation, and aquatic ecosystems, plus practical, accessible ways to incorporate seaweed, ritual, and ocean-conscious practices into everyday life.

To All the Dark-Skinned Girls I Was Before: Colorism, Beauty, & the Economies of Desire

A nuanced conversation on how colorism shapes perception, intimacy, and belonging.

→ Audience leaves with language to discuss colorism with depth and precision and an expanded self-perception and critical lens.

Own Your Voice: Independent Publishing as Creative Liberation

A strategic and visionary look at how writers can create artful, profitable work outside traditional publishing.

→ Audience leaves with clarity on ownership, rights, and the right publishing pathways for them.

Ibogaine, Mushrooms, & Nigerian Haze: The Healing Power of African Psychedelics

A grounded, expansive talk exploring art, healing, and pleasure-centered relationships to plant medicine across the African diaspora.

→ Audience leaves with intentional and informed lens for engaging these substances through lineage, ritual, and responsibility.

FORMATS

Keynotes • Workshops • Readings + Conversation • Retreats • Multi-session intensives

All talks can be adapted for creative, academic, corporate, community, and eclectic audiences!

RATES:

Speaking Fee: $5,000 per hour

Custom engagements available upon request. I reserve a limited number of engagements are reserved each year for community-based organizations, schools, and grassroots spaces. Just let me know what you’re working with.

BOOKING:

For speaking inquiries and availability, email me at hello@honeyistheknife.com

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