5 Texts Equal?, YCA Poetry Challenge, Day 29 of 30
Today is April 29. I *should* have been writing one poem per day for the past 29 days. That's because I accepted the Young Chicago...
The New Hue; Meet Anthony Bradley
Photograph by Chris Braggs. What would you tell your 17-year-old self? "If I could tell my 17-year-old self anything it would be you are...
The New Hue; Meet Chris Braggs
Photo by Chris Braggs (photographer and subject) What would you tell your 17-year-old self? I would tell him to stay the course. Trust...
The New Hue; Meet Donnis Draper
Photo by Chris Braggs, The New Hue What would you say to your 17-year-old self? “I definitely would have told myself stay focused, save,...
Things I Love About You, YCA Poetry Challenge, Day 4
Things I love about you “You dance like a black woman,” she said. And although there is a part of me that wants to bite back with a what...
Evocotive, YCA Poetry Challenge, Day 3
Young Chicago Author's daily poetry challenge Day 3 came with a challenge that I did not expect to be as difficult as it was. In fact, I...
Shelby Should Take Responsibility for Her Actions
Comply or die policing is not advantageous to maintaining a free and equitable society. The methods used to train police officers in threat
I Hope You Chance, YCA Challenge, Day 2
Today is day two of the April poetry challenge from Young Chicago Authors. Today's challenge includes the assignment to listen to a...
Ego Trippin': Join Us and Young Chicago Authors for National Poetry Month
Chicago - On Saturday night, I went to an event at Volumes Bookcafe to kick off the release of Kevin Coval's new book, "A People's...
Gifts on a Shelf, YCA Challenge, Day 1
In four years, he gave me a shelf full of gifts, none of them things you could pick up and touch A city, blues music, slam poetry, tacos...
