Transosaurus Rex
February 2023
Thoughts from the Fort
February 2023
FEST
February 2023
Eyeball Jello Mold
February 2023
Cthulhu Zoo
February 2023
180 Days
February 2023
Fields and Freedom: Youth sports deserve attention
August 1st is a holy day: part reunion, communion, and boot camp. The sun, peering from the sky. Waiting. Witnessing. Arms folded watching our boys march onto the barren fields, lined with bleachers and baby sisters. August 1st – the start of youth football season. I remember my son’s first summer. Sending him to the […]
It’s On Us: An interview with Dewayne “Boo” Hackney
Dewayne “Boo” Hackney is a legendary community organizer, barber, father, husband, brother, musician, and so much more. His commitment to justice especially here in Providence cements his legacy as one of our City’s most Beloved Community heroes. This piece is dedicated to my brother, Bucky. He paid the price of allowing me to do this […]
(Re)definition
Definition of the original manfirst to ever put his foot to landoxymoronic thoughts colliding with god’s planconstant complaints blaming the Manis it his fault that you lack initiativecomplacently waiting for the government to givea handoutu will quickly scream on each other but to the Man never shoutJaded memories of raised fistAlliances in all black decor yearning […]
Ourstory
I sit and think and imagine the pattern of things. Every year, Black History month comes around and we focus on the past. Undoubtedly, themes of the transatlantic slave trade come up, and the atrocities of it, as well as its generational impact. We speak about Jim Crow and the civil rights movement and lament […]