Essay for Harper’s Bazaar on grandmotherhood as an opportunity to repair old wounds The relationship between mothers and daughters can be complicated. Sometimes it takes love for the next generation to help it make sense.
Sasha Bonét is a writer, critic, and editor living in New York City.
Sasha’s debut book The Waterbearers is a sweeping intergenerational memoir and cultural history on Black matriarchy in America. Forthcoming from Alfred A. Knopf September 16, 2025.
Design: Visual Intelligence
Sasha Bonét is a writer, critic, and editor living in New York City.
Sasha’s debut book The Waterbearers is a sweeping intergenerational memoir and cultural history on Black matriarchy in America. Forthcoming from Alfred A. Knopf September 16, 2025.
Design: Visual Intelligence