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by alison hart
I write to restore the voices of my African American and Native American New England ancestors, to heal intergenerational trauma, to celebrate in community and create new beginnings.
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alison hart
Jan 10 min read


Check Out Podcast on Militantly Mixed
It's an In-between Thang You Might Understand! Honored to be in conversation and community with Sharmane Fury sharing mixed-ness perspectives, journeys and history from my debut novel Mostly White (Torrey House, 2018) and my new book baby 2 The In-between Sky (Mumblers Press, 2025). It was like coming home!

alison hart
Nov 12, 20251 min read


Book Baby 2 is Out!
Signing books at the Dance Launch Celebration at The Beat in Berkeley, CA Celebrating in community is the greatest gift! ( at The Beat, in Berkeley CA)

alison hart
Oct 11, 20251 min read



alison hart
Jun 19, 20240 min read


A New American Narrative
#Blacknewenglandhistory #Blackrevolutionarywarsoldiers #historicipswich #mixedracehistory #NativeAmericanHistory #mostlywhitenovel...

alison hart
Sep 5, 20234 min read


Alison Hart: 'Fiction is the Best Way for Me to Tell the Truth'
Check out my interview by the brilliant Taressa Stovall at Mixed Auntie Confidential!

alison hart
Aug 22, 20231 min read


San Francisco Library Reading with Alix Christie
Come join us! Come hear Author Alix Christie share her stunning family saga based on her Scottish ancestor who fled his homeland, became...

alison hart
May 10, 20231 min read


beyond fences
A duplex poetry dance video Where is empathy? Do we value it anymore? Or does property and things reign supreme over all? Surely there is...

alison hart
Oct 19, 20221 min read


Daughter of the American Revolution
Above right: My Great Grandmother Emma Freeman who was Passamaquoddy Native American and Black with her daughter Beatrice in Brunswick,...

alison hart
Jun 26, 20223 min read


Honored to Read with Indigenous Poets
Link here: https://middletownartcenter.org/weaving.html Come and hear powerful indigenous women poets! I dedicate this reading to my...

alison hart
Jun 2, 20221 min read


temp words poetry ebook is out!
click photo to order ebook All we have is the moment the rest is fiction. Impermanence saves me, betrays me, the constant flux of life....

alison hart
Dec 15, 20211 min read


Chasing Ancestors
We found the house in Ipswich Massachusetts where our ancestor Peter Freeman was enslaved in the mid-1700s. His son John Freeman fought...

alison hart
Oct 25, 20211 min read


FLASHBACK 90s
Happy Birthday to my brilliant, hilarious brother Scot (1967-1996) Clip from Alison & Scot's Wacky World, Star Search Parody, 1993

alison hart
Sep 27, 20211 min read


ceremony
bare feet pulse piercing concrete to the core of the earth we stand in silence Mario gone Mario gone Mario Gonzalez shells rattle he...

alison hart
May 16, 20211 min read


Everyone Belongs Here
Live video of reclaiming Chochenyo Park, Alameda, CA Do you feel safe now that a brown man was snuffed out in your driveway face down...

alison hart
May 10, 20211 min read


To Like or Not to Like: Re-Parenting in the Social Media Abyss
"We are the bodies of profit selling: our own images freely given on the digital auction block."

alison hart
Feb 24, 20212 min read
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