The Writing

Scholarship, essays, press.

Published as Shylah Hamilton, Shylah Pacheco Hamilton, and Shy Pacheco Hamilton. Now writing as Shylah Hamilton-Touré. Venues include Sternberg Press, Frontiers: A Journal of Women's Studies, The Society for the Study of Southern Literature, and Color Theory.

Selected Publications

Essays, chapters, and scholarship.

  • 2021

    How to Manifest Ice Cream on Demand: The Afrosurreal Impulse

    in Why Are They Afraid of the Lotus?, edited by Kim Nguyen & Jeanne Gerrity. Sternberg Press. Page 213.
    Chapter
  • 2021

    Moving Toward Decolonial Feminist Collaborative Praxis and Pedagogy

    The Society for the Study of Southern Literature, Vol. 54, Issue 2. March.
    Article
  • 2020

    And Now A Return to Ourselves: Working Toward an Ancestor Reverence Pedagogy

    Frontiers: A Journal of Women's Studies, Issue 41.2. September.
    Article
  • 2019

    Speaking for Myself

    in Color Theory, edited by Maya Gomez & Vreni Michelini Castillo. Wolfman Books. Page 111.
    Chapter
  • 2016

    Healing Generational Trauma

    in La Tolteca, edited by Ana Castillo. Pages 8–11.
    Essay
  • 2016

    Selected Poems by Shy Pacheco Hamilton

    in La Tolteca, edited by Ana Castillo.
    Poetry
  • 2014

    Interview of Luisah Teish

    in Iyanifa: Woman of Wisdom, edited by Ayele Kumari, PhD. Page 22.
    Interview

Press & Citations

Where the work has been written about.

  • 2021

    Unspoken History

    D. Scot Miller · East Bay Express
    Read
  • 2020

    The Decolonizers

    Jen Wang · Communication Arts
    Read
  • 2018

    FU!

    Lauren Wissot · International Documentary Association
    Read

Selected Talks & Conferences

Panels, keynotes, and artist talks.

  • 2022

    Decentering Whiteness: An Introduction

    AICAD Webinar · Presenter
    Webinar
  • 2021

    Disrupting Colonial Structures

    FATE Conference · Presenter & Organizer
    Panel
  • 2021

    Seeding Change: Decolonial Practices and Pedagogies Across African Diasporic and Indigenous Contexts

    NWSA Conference · Presenter & Organizer
    Panel
  • 2020

    Decolonizing College Art Curriculum

    College Art Association Podcast · Co-Host
    Podcast
  • 2019

    On Being: Film and Resistance

    Royal College of Art, London · Artist Talk
    Talk
  • 2018

    Bodies of Resistance: Race, Identity, and Representation

    American Literature Association Annual Conference · Panel Chair
    Panel