PRINCELLA TALLEY
RADICAL [TRUE] STORYTELLER.
WRITER. EDITOR.
CONTENT MARKETING PRO.
Princella Talley has been a writer, ghostwriter, and editor since 2006. She was an Arts and Entertainment columnist for both CBS Las Vegas and Las Vegas Guardian Liberty Voice. She has also worked as an editor and writer for publications in the United States, South America, and throughout the Caribbean islands where she has conducted high-profile interviews with authors, musicians, and filmmakers. As a content marketer, she has written television and radio scripts for Fortune 500 companies and globally recognized brands and led successful Grammy campaign ads.
Her sociopolitical commentary and opinion pieces have reached millions of readers, being published by In These Times, BET, Ms. Magazine and Gen. She is a 2020 Public Voices Fellow of The OpEd Project and Yale Program on Climate Change Communication. During the course of her fellowship year, her op-ed pieces and commentary were published in Grist, The Hill, Zora, World War Zero, The Urbanist, The Progressive, The Sacramento Bee, Quad City Times, Hawaii Tribune Herald, Killeen Daily Herald, The Chronicle, Herald News, Bangor Daily News, Merced Sun-Star, Times Herald-Record (Catskills Edition), Newsbug, and the Marietta Daily Journal.
In 2021, her Instagram poetry and storytelling on long covid, unresolved grief and broken relationships attracted over 10,000 followers.
Princella’s journey as a writer and creative freelancer has been all but linear. She is also a formerly agency-represented print campaign model, theater actress, and photographer. Her photography has been featured in numerous publications, including Vogue Italy.
IN THESE TIMES:
"The politicians gutting abortion rights likely don’t understand the pain of holding a friend as she sobs on the bathroom floor, assuming it’s the worst menstrual cycle of her life, only to discover that she is experiencing a missed miscarriage and her life is at stake. But I do."
Republished in:
*POPULAR RESISTANCE
*COMMON DREAMS
MS. MAGAZINE:
"The first time I met a Vodou priestess was on my birthday. We reveled in our shared love of lemon cake and her gracious presence shattered my preconceived ideas of a woman waiting behind a dark curtain to cast dark spells over all who crossed her. Our encounter was serendipitous, but what was most unexpected was my personal reckoning."
How Whitewashing Villainized Black Women’s Magic in Louisiana is available to read here.
GEN:
“In college, administrators are more likely to favor the students with independent traits who are at school to enhance their personal skills and improve their knowledge base. Oftentimes, their family members preceded them as college graduates. But first-generation college students from low-income families are more interdependent. They likely attend college not only for themselves but for their families and communities.
Here’s where things get awkward. College administrators are more likely to favor the students with upper-middle-class behaviors because they too are upper-middle class. These upper-middle-class systems of privilege are how you kick the creativity ball away from some of the brightest minds America will never know.
In this context, America doesn’t have a creativity crisis. America has a widespread resistance to addressing classism in classrooms and recognizing creativity in all its forms.”
INTERVIEWS
* EXAMINER, Mark Schiller talks 'Pain and Gain - The Untold True Story'
* JAMAICA EXPERIENCES, Usain Bolt
* EXAMINER, Heroes Homecoming III celebrated with MASH stars, Christopher Williams interviewed
* EXAMINER, 'Bettie Page Reveals All,' in a personal documentary produced by Mark Mori
* EXAMINER, As Tom Cruise Sues Bauer Media, Andrew Gumbel exposes something bigger
* JAMAICA EXPERIENCES, Interview with NFL Legend Jim McMahon, set to speak at CanEx Jamaica
* OCEAN SPLASH, Cedella Marley Discusses the One Love Music Festival
* EXAMINER, Interview with Vassy, pre-Grammy performer and hit maker
* EXAMINER, Interview with Theresa J. Gonsalves, The Inspiration Behind Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean"
CBS LAS VEGAS
*Best Local Las Vegas Arts Programs To Support
*Best Places to Get Married in Las Vegas
*Best Of Wine Walk At Town Square
*Las Vegas' Most Haunted Places
*Spring Fashion Tips From A Las Vegas Fashionista
*Top Exhibits To Visit This Summer In Las Vegas
*Top Murals In Las Vegas
*Top Places To Buy Local Art For Less Than $100 In Las Vegas
*Top Spots For Knitting In Las Vegas
*Top Upcoming Spring Festivals in Las Vegas
*Ways To Celebrate Black History Month In Las Vegas
*Top Ways To Learn About Presidential And American History In Las Vegas
FILM REVIEWS
* American version of Girl With The Dragon Tattoo is being met with controversy
* "Bettie Page Reveals All" in a personal, authorized documentary
* Beautiful: Psychological suspense at its finest
* Cashback: An artist’s imagination caught on film
* Cherry: The story of a young man figuring out life’s equations
*Descent film review
* Exorcismus: Good vs. evil, cinematically speaking
* Movie review: Cronos
* Movie to watch - Battle: Los Angeles
*Movie to watch: The Woman
* Movie to watch: Black Swan
* Movie to watch: The Human Centipede
* Movie review: Shiver (Eskalofrío)
*Movie to watch: The Stoning of Soraya M.
*Movie to watch: Unthinkable *
*Paranormal Activity franchise: Converting naysayers to fans one film at a time
* Silent House: Ordinary movie starring an extraordinary actress -Spoiler included
*Sonny: A directorial masterpiece by Nicolas Cage
*The Shrine: Feast your eyes upon the horror
* Want To See An Oddly Fantastic Short Film? Watch Smoke.