Genre: Memoir
Website: Olabumi.com
Other Contact Information: olabumi411@gmail.com
Bio
O’labumi Browne, a long-time resident of Brooklyn, New York, currently resides in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Ms. Browne has attended the literary workshops of Michel Marriott’s Soul Sojourn Writers Workshop, The International Women’s Writers Guild, Gotham Writers Workshop, and The Yorkville Library Writing Circle. “Romance on the Ironhorse” (a short story) from her memoir Hairalujah has been published in between the covers anthology and “Dragon Della” (a short story, also from the memoir) was published by ThereAfter Magazine. Looking ahead, she is seeking publication for her upcoming memoir Hairalujah, a tale that portrays one woman’s knock-down, drag-out fight to be herself.
More from O’labumi
My writing journey began in 2007. I was in grad school when the Professor gave the class an assignment to write a story using an object to express it. Drumming my fingers on the keyboard and pondering what to write, I spotted my mother’s picture next to the computer monitor. Recalling her tale, I started to giggle. As it goes — Mom was kicking up her heels on a cruise when she stepped out on deck for some air. A stiff wind blew up in the moment and lifted the wig she was wearing off her head. Helplessly, she watched her hair as it sailed across the ocean. I got an “A” for that assignment. But it would never outshine the gratification I felt once the telling was done. Writing? It just fills up the hole in my doughnut!
Now Available on Amazon!
Hairalujah
Genre: Memoir
Hairalujah is a powerful, soul-baring memoir that takes readers on a journey through trauma, identity, survival, and spiritual awakening. Set against the vibrant backdrop of Brooklyn in the 1980s and beyond, O’labumi Brown tells the raw and unfiltered story of Dee – a young Black girl navigating addiction, sexuality, religion, and the search for self-worth in a world that rarely offered her safe passage.
Through a unique blend of poetic prose and unflinching honesty, Hairalujah explores generational wounds, queer identity, recovery, and redemption. It’s a story about the messy, beautiful process of healing—and the courage it takes to reclaim your own narrative.
More than just a memoir, Hairalujah is a testimony of transformation. It’s for readers who crave truth, resilience, and the reminder that even the most broken pieces can be reshaped into something divine.
Hairalujah is now available on Amazon in Print and eBook versions.
Published Memoir Short Stories
◆ “Dragon Della”
Publisher: ThereAfter Magazine #1, 2021
Read the story on O’labumi’s website.
◆ “Romance on the Ironhorse”
Anthology: between the covers: An Adult Romance Anthology (The Red Penguin Collection)
Publisher: Red Penguin Books (August 15, 2021)
between the covers – An Adult Romance Anthology is edited by JK Larkin. Are you looking for a collection of provocative, steamy, arousing stories for every reader (eighteen and older!)…. This is not your average romance anthology. And it’s about to get sexy. Are you ready for what’s between these covers? Featuring stories from the following writers: Ash Orlando, Bruce Pratt, Chris Allen, Diane Kane, Jim Tritten, Mahendra Waghela, Martha Patterson, Maureen Cooke, Nichole Blake, O’labumi Browne, Rizwan Asad, Sandi Hoover, Shari Held, and Suzanne Baginskie.