

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...


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...


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...































