Water in My Bones

Be a Good Ancestor (SPEECH)

by Kerra BoltonPublic Speaking August 11, 2023April 25, 2024Comments are Disabled

People often ask me why I am on a quest to learn to swim, dive, and map the wreckage of slave ships to honor my ancestors. Why am I so drawn to the ocean? Is it a grave or a place of liberation? I explored those questions and more in a speech I made as …

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You Are Not Mexican

by Kerra BoltonEssays, Water in My Bones June 6, 2023May 7, 2024No Comments

You learn who you are in Mexico by knowing who you are not. “Where are you from?” the cab driver asks as you slide into the backseat of the pine-fresh taxi. Faux leather seats gleam in the brightness of the midday sun. He turns down the volume of the talk radio program he was listening …