bassey-ikpi
Bassey Ikpi
bassey-ikpi
American-Nigerian, ex-poet, current writer, constant mental health advocate (The Siwe Project and No Shame Day), underachieving overachiever and memoir procrastinator (Harper Perennial 2019).

“So, what do you want to talk about today?” the thin Asian woman across from me asks. She asks this twice a week

Last week I watched Demi Lovato’s YouTube documentary, Simply Complicated, chronicling her well-publicized drug

Today was one of those “Barely get dressed” kind of days. Today was one of those “You gotta get out of the house”

Some people just aren’t built to be rock stars. The big audiences, the grueling travel, the long stretches away from

Dirty, Pretty Things

Often, after an intense therapy appointment, instead of sitting in my car, folded across the steering wheel before I

The salon was busy when I walked in. There was the chatter of stylists gossiping with clients, the whirl of hair

The other day, I decided I was going to take a “writing day.” I had heard my writer friends speak of this often.

Literally anything can give me anxiety, from a car that takes a second too long to turn over, the gym at its