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 pre-order 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