Essays
“Cinelle Barnes’s work addresses injustice directed toward women, children, and families: from childhood trauma and immigration to racism and classism, from economic and ecological injustice to feminism and motherhood. She illuminates the human condition from the perspective of a multi-sensory artist. (Cinelle is also trained in dance, fashion, and visual arts.) Her voice is lyrical, her lens is humanist, and her tone is one of hope, magic, and beauty.”
from Literary Mama feature
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Catapult
“Why I Haven’t Invited Twitter Into My Writing Practice”
“When do you stop writing?” (from the column Thank You for Asking)
“How do we write our stories amid threats and acts of erasure?” (from the column Thank You for Asking)
“Writing Family Ensembles in Memoir”
“Resistance Can Be Playful, Too”
“What I Found When I Searched for My Long-Lost Sister”
“Carefree White Girls, Careful Brown Girls”
“How A War in the Middle East Changed My Family in the Philippines Forever”
Buzzfeed
“Why Your Mother Can’t Drive”
Longreads
“Frenzied Woman: Cinelle Barnes considers how the chaos and discipline of dance kept the disparate parts of her stitched together.”
Literary Hub
“Literary Travel Guide: 36 Hours Charleston, SC”
“An Open Letter to My Dog”
Electric Literature
“8 Nonfiction Books on Motherhood by Writers of Color”
Hyphen
“Falling”
Coastal Living
“Net Effect: Crabbing in Charleston”
