Publications

The Principles of Good Taste and Ornament
(2020)

Jada Henry’s debut novel, The Principles of Good Taste and Ornament, was released in July 2020. The novel follows societal prescriptions assigned to women in a thrilling tale. She wrote her novel to explore the expected functionality of the average woman in a misogynistic society that enables restrictive ideals. This story scratches the surface of what lies beneath the collective identity of what it should mean to be a woman versus what it actually is for each unique identity. The Principles of Good Taste and Ornament is available for purchase on Amazon and Barnes & Noble.

“Jada Henry is the voice of a new generation of women who leave no apologies and takes no prisoners. Her words ignite a fire inside you that women have felt since the beginning of time.” - Pei Ja Anderson, Author of Consequences of Flight

“The Principles of Good Taste and Ornament is a truthful and baring story with characters that every reader has ‘met’ at one point in their life or another. It is elegant and raw.” -Samantha Finley, Author of Shades

Cultural Newsletter

“I thought I'd retired my comically reflective tangents and (un)refined thoughts but it turns out I was just kidding. So, hear me out...”

So, Hear Me Out…largely functions as a perspective body of writing, but incoorporates a mix of media that frame my narrative.

Literary Feature

Daughter Tongue’s first issue, Blood Ties, is about family and community. The families who have shaped us (chosen or not). It explores what grapples with the tangled complexities of what it means to be a daughter, sister, granddaughter, or anything in-between. The utter joy, exhaustion, elation, and anger that family can stoke within us. Works featured include: To be of People, Birds of a Feather, Old Friends

Daughter Tongue Issue I: Blood Ties (2025)

Literary Feature

“This issue, Tongue Tied, showcases the unique ways that language has shaped our lives as the daughters of a patriarchal world. Language is often used against us as a weapon, as social control. Language at its core shapes our minds, the way we see the wolrd how we understand life. In this issue, we are all opening our mouths to call out our sides of the story.” - Editor in Chief, Azura Haynes

Works featured include: Childlike Things, You’re Not A Person, You’re A Concept, The Rest Is Still Unwritten

Daughter Tongue Issue II: Tongue Tied (2025)