ESSAYS, WORDS, & ARTICLES
“For dreaming is not irresponsible, it is first-order human business. It is not entertainment; it is work.”
–Toni Morrison, 1988
The Urgency: Tabula Rasa for Black Grief in America
The Tenth
Images Courtesy of New Museum
2020: An Aria for Staying the Course
The Tenth
Portrait by Erik Carter
Shirt & Wings Painted by Devin Osorio
Sundays are for Extravagance
P.S. I Love You
Photo by Christian Rodriguez
Choreo-Essay, “On Native Sons”
(In Progress)
Urban Fashions of Yore
The Tenth
Illustration by Jon Key
Afrofutures Don’t Collide; They Coalesce and Emerge
The Tenth
Special Issue: Cali-Cod, in collaboration w/ Home Box Office (HBO) & Insecure
Portrait by Erik Carter
Shirt and Wings Painted by Devin Osorio
Beyond the Rose
P.S. I Love You
Photo by Jonne Huotari
How Black Am I Gon’ Have to Get?
P.S. I Love You
Photo by Clay Banks
Call Me Kerosene
The Tenth, Issue 5: The Romantics
Portrait by Kamollio Bennett
Date Night: The aspirational vision of Mustache Mondays’ Ignacio “Nacho” Nava Jr.
Medium
Photo: Ignacio “Nacho” Nava Jr.’s Altar, Downtown Los Angeles, 2019
An Open Letter on St. Valentine’s Day
P.S. I Love You
Photo by Christian Rodriguez
The Body Count for Liberation
Medium
Portrait by Kyle Stein, Studio 6
So Ghetto, So Hood
Blog
Photo by Cruz Caldera
Oh, What a Time to Be Alive
P.S. I Love You
Photo by Baim Hanif
Kent Monkman: In Conversation with Marcus Brock
The Tenth, Issue 5: The Romantics
Image of Painting: The Scream by Kent Monkman
Hey, Girl: Life for Me Ain’t Been No Crystal Stair
P.S. I Love You
Photo by Bruno Nascimento
Brother to Brother: A Heart to Hart
AFROPUNK.com
House Mothers: Motherhood Redefined for LGBT Youth, Feat. Aisha Diori
EBONY.com
Photo of Pepper LaBeija and Octavia St. Laurent