WYATTEVANS.COM is proud to present an array of authors and writers who bring their distinctive, compelling voices—along with their unique “flava”– to the table for the reader to savor. Having been carefully selected, these Guest Columnists craft thought-provoking prose that engages the mind, inspires the spirit…and fills the heart! Give yourself a literary treat by doing a deep dive and immersing yourself…
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“It’s Not How You Got Them, It’s How You Keep Them” Guest Writer: LaToya Hankins Greetings and salutations, Hot Tea Sippers. Hopefully, temperatures are warming up in your neck of the woods, and you are getting ready for short sleeves, shorts, and sundresses. Maybe it’s just me, but it’s just something about shedding layers that leads people to consider adding a “plus one” [...]
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“Honey I Should Have Told” Guest Writer: R. L. Norman I remember that day as if it were yesterday. I was stumbling down the street to meet my blind date whom I had met on-line. It was about 9 o'clock p.m. on a Saturday night in the middle of winter. There were about 10 inches of snow on the ground, as [...]
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“It’s All About March-amorphosis” Guest Writer: LaToya Hankins Greetings and Salutations, Hot Tea and Ice sippers near and far! I hope your spring sprung in the best way possible; and, if you plan to partake in Easter festivities, your basket will overflow with good things. This month marks a transition into a new season. Time to put away the [...]
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“Kiss Me You Fool” Guest Writer: R. L. Norman “Oh, my gosh! Oh, my gosh! My parents will be home soon, and this boy peed on my mama's new couch! I’ll bet that when she finds out--besides giving me a whooping—she’ll wish she had put plastic on the furniture. She wanted plastic on it when we first got it, but my [...]
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“Missing The Ones That Didn’t Get Away” Guest Writer: LaToya Hankins Happy February! It’s also known as the shortest month, with the most reasons to break your diet. I hope your Mardi Gras was filled with “flava,” your Valentine’s Day was full of love, and you have recovered from Beyonce’s “Formation” domination of the world’s conversation. While this Carolina girl wasn’t [...]
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“Is It Live Or Memorex?” Guest Writer: R. L. Norman I, along with everyone in the audience, stared at the big screen with shock! As I slowly looked around, I saw people whispering and gawking with disgusting looks on their faces. That was because on the screen, there were four naked men. It looked like they were in a hotel room. [...]
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“Shady BS” Guest Writer: Bobby Smith A white CIS woman and a Black SGL man are leaving a business meeting together. The woman tries to hail a cab for both of them to share; however, a cab is not obtained until the man attempts to hail one. The woman chalks it up to old school misogyny until she notices the male driver [...]
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“It's About That G-Thang”Guest Writer: LaToya Hankins Happy 2016! I’m trusting all is well in your world.Please allow me the opportunity to introduce “my selves” to you. I may be an only child raised by an only child, but I feel I have a not-so secret identity I want to share with you.By day, I am LaToya Hankins, a 44-year-old polite [...]
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“WHAT DO THE LONELY DO AT CHRISTMAS?”Guest Writer: R. L. Norman It was so silent that we could hear every sound or movement in the house. We sat there as still and as quietly as we could, even though we were half asleep. We had waited until we thought our parents were asleep before we went on our undercover mission. It [...]
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“Do You Know Your A, B and Cs?”Guest Writer: R. L. Norman On a sunny day in June, I was among what seemed to be hundreds of guests at this outdoor wedding. It took place in the backyard of a mansion in Bowie, Maryland. Rumor had it that a Washington Redskins football player owned it. But who knows if that were true. [...]
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“HIV Taboo BS”Guest Writer: Bobby Smith Are our actions saying only the lives of celebs like #MagicJohnson or #CharlieSheen matter after a HIV-positive diagnosis? I “went straight” after the maternal matriarch of my family--my great grandmother--passed on to a higher plane. You see, I broke up with the high school crush I had connected with six years after graduating. Then, I entered [...]
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“LaToya Hankins: Madame Triple Threat”Guest Writer: R. L. Norman LaToya Hankins is an author, poet and an activist. Upon graduating from East Carolina University, she earned a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Journalism and a minor in Political Science. Currently, she is the president of the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority graduate chapter in Raleigh, North Carolina (N.C.) As co-founder of the [...]
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“Closeted Pride BS”Guest Writer: Bobby Smith Gays, Lesbians, Transgenders, Queers, Genderfluids, Bisexuals, Pansexuals, and Same Gender Loving people are no longer just the whispers coyly cultivated on lips shielded by mischievous hands. Freedom to Marry, an American coalition committed to winning and keeping the freedom to marry for same-gender couples, reports that 20 nations have approved the freedom to marry for same-sex [...]