An explanation of the poem excerpted in The Nation

New poems at Poets.org and The Nation, plus conferences in Amsterdam & Bilbao, Spain, & a St. Paul-de-Vence sojourn for Baldwin's 100th

I grew up as an autonomous, loved, Black child, who was taught to love myself just as I am, including all of the ways that I'm 'disabled.' "

Here's a recent story about how I've spent this blessed academic year! #fsu #mcknightfellow

One of the best conversations I've had in recent years—with Saleem Hue Penny, Raymond Antrobus, & @radicalpoetics (Khadijah Queen)—on...

I know it's been a long time since I posted here: nearly six years in fact. In that time, I've been honored to finish my first...