What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up Like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore-- And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over-- like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. Or does it explode? -- Langston Hughes
I am a fashion and arts journalist based in New York since 2004. I was editor in chief of Elle (South Africa) from 1999-2002 and a former contributor to Harper's Bazaar (U.S) from 2005-2007. My writing has been published in The New York Times, thedailybeast.com, and many other publications in the US, the UK and South Africa. I have an MA in Arts and Culture Journalism from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism.