The Latest
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The Scale of a Man
Afterword I joined the crew of my first tall ship at seventeen. I know more than most the temptation to cast a vessel as the hero of the story, but it’s a lie. We name them, adorn them, and rely…
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Intimacy without Empathy & Exorcising the American Archive: A Conversation with Asale Angel-Ajani
In terms of thinking about craft and incorporating a different register to expand on the story, at times I would spiral and keep drilling down on the specificities of some details while taking the temperature of the story and feel…
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Ruined to Become Real: A Conversation with Deesha Philyaw
Satire is when you’re really leaning into something to almost severe proportions. So while I was thinking about the fashions, the performance and pageantry of the Black church, specifically embodied within the first lady, that’s when I had the idea…
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Liturgy of Teeth
The future is a long exhalation. It becomes a prism now and in it I see God, my father, myself, fractals of light creating new light and everything caught up in it. I see a cascade of machines falling down…
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Sunday Scaries: “Little Cat People”
He never shows during the day, even when I sit on the porch to watch for him. But this morning, dawn not yet arrived, he pokes a teeny hand out with nails that curl into spirals on only four digits,…
