narrative writing
novel
“This bracing first novel is an intimate and impassioned exploration of friendship, resilience, and the uneasy balance between loyalty and self-preservation...alonté skillfully balances moments of quiet humor with a searing portrayal of love, grief, and respectability politics in Black women’s lives.” - Booklist
Somewhere Soft to Land is my debut novel. It has been listed as one of SheReads Most Anticipated Contemporary Books of Spring 2026.
Learn more and order your copy on the publisher’s site.
mixed media
Here’s one of the mixed media pieces that accompanied ‘are ex -i,’ a digital collage/lyrical prose series. The subject was the unmaking of self, and the eroticism and shadow work involved in rebuilding oneself when experiencing chronic illness.
are ex - i, 2023, waist beads by AnywearintheDMV
digital media
These digital collages are part of the ‘are ex-i’ series.
how long have i, 2022
it’ll hurt anyway, 2022
if you just, 2022
swell and slow, 2022