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Niara Simone Hightower

Editor

is a Boston-based writer, researcher, editor, and dancer exploring Black (women’s) ways of being/freeing through creative and critical projects in the cultural and civic realms. She was raised in New England with roots in the South and Midwest.

A black and white drawing of Niara Simone, a woman with shoulder-length hair, smiling at the viewer.

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Issue 12 • Nov 12, 2024

Literature and Liberation: A Bookstore and Gathering Place Comes to Fields Corner

Feature by Niara Simone Hightower

Online • Jun 24, 2024

At BAMS Fest, the "Rep Your City" Art and Graffiti Exhibition Returns with an Art Sale

News by Niara Simone Hightower

Online • Feb 15, 2024

Anti-melody, Insurgent Rhythm: Ekene Ijeoma’s “Deconstructed Anthems: Massachusetts” Uses the National Anthem to Shine a Light on Racial Injustice

Review by Niara Simone Hightower

Online • Jun 14, 2023

Juneteenth 2023: Cultural and Community Gatherings Across Boston

Feature by Niara Simone Hightower

Online • Mar 14, 2023

At “All Black Everything,” the Museum of NCAAA Came to Life with a Community Celebration

Feature by Niara Simone Hightower