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Letters & Lovers

Letters. Lovers. The in-betweens.

Letters & Lovers

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Who’s Jules?

Jun 7, 2026

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4 min read

Who’s Jules?

You know what they say: if a man is going to be rejected, he might as well be rejected by a pretty woman. At least then he has a good story to keep telling himself.

Juma Reagan
Juma Reagan

Letters & Lovers

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Daughter Of Scorn, Part II

Feb 4, 2026

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6 min read

Daughter Of Scorn, Part II

She comes back to die with her people. She does not want to die in the streets of Nairobi, stepped on and eaten by stray dogs. She wants to be buried like a human being. A human being who, unlike everyone else, dared to look beyond the waters of Nam Lolwe.

Juma Reagan
Juma Reagan

Letters & Lovers

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Daughter Of Scorn, Part I

Feb 1, 2026

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5 min read

Daughter Of Scorn, Part I

Zuri drank greedily. The village began to feel smaller for her each day. She grew tired of their mud houses and of old men whose breath carried rot and authority. She felt the dresses sewn for her did not bring out her bunda the way a girl would want. Worst of all, she dreaded the certainty of her future.

Juma Reagan
Juma Reagan

Letters & Lovers

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Letters to Cheptolo, II: Lady Santa

Dec 21, 2025

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2 min read

Letters to Cheptolo, II: Lady Santa

Lady Santa visited me the other day. She brought me an early Christmas present and promised me a book early next year. I cannot wait.

Juma Reagan
Juma Reagan

Letters & Lovers

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Middlemen Letters

Dec 14, 2025

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3 min read

Middlemen Letters

Her message was simple and didn’t require paper. She wanted to focus on her studies. God, haven’t I heard that a lot over the years!

Juma Reagan
Juma Reagan

Letters & Lovers

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Leaving

Dec 6, 2025

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1 min read

Leaving

She’s accused you of being unserious, of offering no scent of a future, of gambling and drinking away every weekend instead of finding a job, or even looking for one. And each time she left for her sister’s, she came back when your inborn Luo charm convinced her that tomorrow would be different. But tomorrow never arrived.

Juma Reagan
Juma Reagan

Letters & Lovers

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Laughter & Water

Feb 16, 2025

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2 min read

Laughter & Water

I don’t want clichés wrapped up with a bow. I crave a love that’s unscripted, you know? Surprise me, confuse me, make my heart race! Not just playing along in this love holiday’s chase.

Juma Reagan
Juma Reagan

Letters & Lovers

Letters To The Seven Lovers, II: The Kapenguria Seven

Dec 15, 2024

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5 min read

Letters To The Seven Lovers, II: The Kapenguria Seven

You came to me like wind. I loved you without knowing why, without knowing who you were. Maybe you were love itself, slipping like sand through my fingers as I tried to hold you. Chasing a butterfly instead of letting it land on me. Maybe you were the part of me I lost along the way. Or maybe you were just a dream, a ghost of a possibility I never dared to chase.

Juma Reagan
Juma Reagan

Letters & Lovers

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Love, Lies, and Lobsters

Dec 1, 2024

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5 min read

Love, Lies, and Lobsters

Kasheri is a part-time poet, her own lyricist if you like. She becomes a poet whenever her boyfriend breaks her heart or he does something that doesn’t necessarily make her happy. She’s also a full-time cat parent, a master of misplaced priorities and endless insecurities.

Juma Reagan
Juma Reagan

Letters & Lovers

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Letters To The Seven Lovers, I: Dream On

Nov 17, 2024

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4 min read

Letters To The Seven Lovers, I: Dream On

I remind you jaber, that strength is not in cowardly silence but in facing the chaos with relentless courage. I hope you have learned to quiet your mind when it gets too loud, to reclaim the moments stolen by panic, and to find stillness again.

Juma Reagan
Juma Reagan

Letters & Lovers

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Letters to Cheptolo, I: Java Porridge

Sep 22, 2024

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2 min read

Letters to Cheptolo, I: Java Porridge

The porridge here is worth it, if you’re wondering. Every time we say something that is absolute facts, we sip and laugh our molars out. From afar we look sophisticated. But once in a while the customers from the other tables turn their heads at us, probably thinking we are drunkards who have stumbled their way into Java. But we are here purposefully, and so are they.

Juma Reagan
Juma Reagan
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