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Letita Aaron

Letita Aaron is a Memphis-based independent writer. Her work has appeared in Black Enterprise and NSBE magazines as well as Post-Newsweek newspapers.

The first time I saw The Roots live was at the Premiere. You know, the club in the same strip mall as an old-school Wal-Mart and the Mega Market. God, I love Memphis just for the juxtaposition of its nightlife alone. Anyway, it was during Memorial Day weekend in 2005, and my mom’s side of [...]

Cooler temperatures, Pumpkin Spice Lattes and changing leaves can only mean one thing—it’s fall y’all.  OK, so the first day of fall was in September, but since the heat didn’t want to let up until this week, I unofficially officially declare the start of fall right…now. With that out of the way, let me just [...]

I don’t know about you, but July’s been a hell of a month. And I mean that in terms of both the heat and every thing that’s gone on since my first entry. In that time I… …ate the most interesting looking sushi dish known to man at The Daq Cigar and Sushi Bar… …went [...]

If freelancing has taught me anything, it’s that becoming a hermit is way too easy. A 20-second commute from bedroom to home office will do that to you. It’ll also give you a serious vitamin D deficiency, little concept of this thing called weather, and limited human contact mostly in the form of phone calls [...]