Nagisa K.

Joined January 2021

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Afro-Okinawan, a fledgling writer on the path to publication!

Fiction and fantasy are my forte but I dabble in personal essays as well.

No AI in my writing, ever.

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The Protagonist is the Byline
Slight problem: I do not actually know what a byline is. I'll look it up on Merriam-Webster. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/byline
By Nagisa K.9 months ago in Writers
Mother Tongue Odyssey
「うまれじまのくとぅばわしんねーくにわしゅん」 “Umarejima no kutuba washine- kuni washun.” “To forget the words of the motherland is to forget the land itself.”
By Nagisa K.2 years ago in Education
Nuchigusui yasa! A Second-Gen Uchinanchu Reflects on Okinawan Cuisine
A quick search of "Okinawa" here on Vocal revealed to me some, uh… interesting results. Only a couple travel diaries? And people were apparently obsessed with an "Okinawa flat belly tonic" about two years ago?
By Nagisa K.3 years ago in Feast
Riot Child
I: Identity: Unknown June 12, 2020 – The Okinawa Association of America posted a statement in response to the then-going George Floyd protests, declaring solidarity with marginalized communities. In order to make good on their word, the group began organizing yuntaku (talk-story) Zoom events called the "Afro-Okinawan Dialogues." I huffed at “solidarity” but loved the vision: Okinawans of Black or African descent coming together at an intersection of art, music, language, culture, and racial identity to amplify Afro-Okinawan presence in the world.
By Nagisa K.5 years ago in The Swamp
Notes of an Introverted, Isolophiliac HSP
1. You vibe natural ambience and lo-fi chillhop. Mellow sound and soft beat – the cadence of stillness and your present moment. YouTube floods your recommendations with every 24/7 chillhop stream under the sun. Up-tempo anything gives you palpitations now.
By Nagisa K.5 years ago in Psyche
Contract of Unspeaking
There’s a high school photo of me floating on Facebook. A friend took it before band class as I hunched over a thick 5-subject notebook balanced on a tilted music stand. I never even noticed her taking the photo until I saw it posted online. In the comments, I played my concentration as a joke, adding a contrived philosophical statement about being a deep, dark, emotional writer. I linked to the blatantly “emo” piece, said I was having a bad week, and we moved on.
By Nagisa K.5 years ago in Motivation

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The Protagonist is the Byline

Mother Tongue Odyssey

Nuchigusui yasa! A Second-Gen Uchinanchu Reflects on Okinawan Cuisine

Riot Child

Notes of an Introverted, Isolophiliac HSP

Contract of Unspeaking

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