Purple Corduroys

Writing on Black girlhood, body politics, and the systems that shape us - from memory and media to leadership and creative life.

By April D. Lundy

College Park: Before Atlanta Was Atlanta

What Old National Highway Gave Me

What it Costs to Remain Invisible
Mar 30•April D. Lundy, M.F.A.

I had never seen Black skin look like that.
...Been Trying to Get Back to That Atlanta Sidewalk My Whole Life
Apr 5•April D. Lundy, M.F.A.

She deserved so much more.
Paris Keeps Finding Me
May 21•April D. Lundy, M.F.A.

I was nineteen years old, and I did not even own a passport.