Here is a collection of quotes sent into OkayAfrica as a wonderful tribute to Chinua Achebe. They received some really beautiful words from Junot Díaz,Femi Kuti, & Warsan Shire. I’m very honored to be included in this. Achebe was a titan.
NPR said my essay about Kendrick Lamar should be your weekend read.
I was asked to review Emily Raboteau’s Searching for Zion. Bookforum, February, 2013
I wrote about Kendrick Lamar and the 21st century blues of lower income, black America. The Los Angeles Review of Books, January 2013
I wrote my first profile two years ago. In high school I used to read this series and dream. This year I was selected to be included in it. Staggered, humbled and grateful.
South Street. 2 a.m. Angry Bird and Cheesesteak.
An excerpt from Every Single Man I Ever Loved, my book. Transition Magazine, October 2012
The full story of The Roots and a bit of my story as well. Capital New York, December 2011.
I wrote about Jean Toomer’s poem “Beehive” for The Paris Review. Appeared on The Paris Review’s Daily, Fall 2011.
A brief review of Marianne Faithfull, the chanteuse who shares my birthday. Appeared in Rolling Stone Magazine, July 2011.
