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LaTonya Yvette

Brooklyn, New York

Contributing Editor at Departures

I tell stories.

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  • Jan 22, 2025 | newyorker.com | Eddie S. Glaude |Robin Lewis |Brea Baker |LaTonya Yvette

    Imani Perry teaches at Harvard and is the author of “South to America,” a genre-mixing exploration of the American South, and, most recently, “Black in Blues,” a critical appraisal of the role of the color blue in the Black imagination.

  • Nov 22, 2024 | joannagoddard.substack.com | Joanna Goddard |Laura Jackson |Tembe Denton-Hurst |LaTonya Yvette

    Hi!How’s your week going? First off, thank you for being so sweet about my new boyfriend last week. I was so excited to introduce you, and I loved reading your comments. Some made me laugh, like Rebecca’s: “The post that ignited a thousand group chats.” Others warmed my heart, like Aya’s: “Reading this was such a delight, and I felt like Elizabeth Bennet’s dad saying something like, ‘I could not have parted with you, [Joanna], to anyone less worthy.’” Sobbbbbbb.

  • Nov 8, 2024 | joannagoddard.substack.com | Joanna Goddard |LaTonya Yvette

    Hello! What are your plans this weekend? We’re focusing on simple pleasures, like goofy children and evening walks. Hope you’re hanging in there. This week, we spoke with Brooklyn-based about her new book Stand In My Window, in which she explores what home means to her, as a Black woman and mother. You may remember our tour of Mae House, the farmhouse she designed in upstate New York as a sanctuary for BIPOC folks. “I’m such a lover girl,” LaTonya told us. “I love love.

  • Oct 23, 2024 | embedded.substack.com | LaTonya Yvette

    Embedded is your essential guide to what’s good on the internet, written by Kate Lindsay and edited by Nick Catucci. But first, a note from The Webby Awards!The 29th Annual Webby Awards Call for Entries is now open! Since 1996, The Webby Awards has been honoring the very best of the Internet. Last year, The Webbys received 13,000 entries from 70 countries and garnered 12 billion media impressions from global outlets.

  • Jan 31, 2024 | l8r.it | Kate Arends |Glen Tickle |LaTonya Yvette

    Each turn of the new year, millions of well-meaning people set resolutions as life-defining commitments. Fitness, mental health, financial health—you know the drill. We want to change for the better. But resolutions don't keep: One 2023 poll found that one in five Americans has mostly or entirely given up on their resolutions by early February, with the average resolution only lasting four months. That's where Operation Free Time comes in. It's a guide to a happy year. Change without over-commitment.

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LaTonya Yvette
LaTonya Yvette @latonyayvette1
7 Nov 23

still here mentally... 1:51 https://t.co/fSQeDiznkq https://t.co/nz2g7PIv7S

LaTonya Yvette
LaTonya Yvette @latonyayvette1
23 Sep 23

Recycled Recipes: Little Black Rose Blouse and Jollof Risotto, by @latonyayvette1 https://t.co/MBD546EvKS

LaTonya Yvette
LaTonya Yvette @latonyayvette1
2 Jun 23

Haven't even landed on the continent and yet, and can't stop getting emotional about going to West Africa. Who knew the lil Black girl from BK would be going home for work all the while finding home for herself again and again? I sure as hell didn't