Art & Culture Writing

Building a living, Black literary archive – Chicago Reader, 2025

Resurrecting the Chicago Renaissance – Chicago Reader, 2025

Hyde Park Art Center Classes are Selling Out Like Concert Tickets – South Side Weekly, 2025

Pausing to Listen: Embracing the Collective Wisdom of the Midwest – Sixty Inches From Center, 2025

‘Undervalued and Overworked’: How Young Chicago Artists Make A Living Without a Living Wage – City Bureau, 2025

The Nation’s Oldest Black Arts Institution Designs Itself Into the Future – South Side Weekly, 2025

Q&A: Creating a ‘Sustainable Cycle for Artists and Makers’ on the South Side – City Bureau, 2025

Beyond the Four Walls: Reflections on “piecemeal (earthen works in progress) – Sixty Inches From Center, 2024 

Jamila Woods Comes Back to Us, For Us – South Side Weekly, 2024

Reimagining Reparations with Raja’Nee Redmond – Sixty Inches From Center, 2024

Local Journalism

The Magic and Frenzy of Birding – The Chicago Reader, 2025

The ‘Chilling’ Realities of Reporting During Federal Immigration Crackdowns – City Bureau, 2025

Captivating, Nourishing, Sacred: What Promontory Point Means to South Siders – South Side Weekly, 2025

The Rink Celebrates 50 Years as ‘A Powerhouse in the Community’ – South Side Weekly, 2025

‘Not Worth the Rent’: South Shore Neighbors are Frustrated by Housing and Job Options – City Bureau, 2025

Frankie Knuckles House Music Celebration, Black JoyRide, and 7323 Chicago Cafe – South Side Weekly, 2024  

Investments in ‘Third Spaces’ Spotlight Community Arts Initiatives – South Side Weekly, 2024 

Englewood Peace Fest Celebrates Black-on-Black Love – South Side Weekly, 2024 

Call and Response Books Celebrates Black Stories – South Side Weekly, 2024

Party Noire: A Home for Queer Black Joy – South Side Weekly, 2023

South Side Gardeners are Growing More Than Just Food – South Side Weekly, 2023

Poetry

spell m i s s i s s i p p i without singing it – Lucky Jefferson, Awake Issue 6, 2024

Ghazal for Birds and Children – Mindful Poetry Moments 5th Anniversary Edition, 2024

How Grief Works – the lickety~split, 2022

To My Daughter, Not Yet Conceived – The Black Liberation Blueprint, 2021

Personal Essays

Sharpen Your Oyster Knife – Substack, 2025

Returning for the Harvest – Sixty Inches From Center, 2024

Learning to Swim – Substack, 2024