Poems

“a poem is a myth” — Heaven Replied, Renascence Books (forthcoming)

How do you tell an impossible story?,”“Discourse on —” and “create timeline in your head:,”— Ludd Gang (forthcoming)

zoom interview— Noir Sauna

Who or what is trying to kill you?” — The Poetry Project

bordering processes,” “What does it mean to remember something?” and “I’m Using You to Get Published— Tagvverk

a road trip, or a series of fights” and “a road trip, or a series of fights— Anthropocene

Describe a morning you woke without fear.” and “is that summer or a palindrome” — Works and Days, Beautiful Days Press

Land— Southword 45, Munster Literature Centre

How to Write About the ROAD” and “What would it feel like to die for language?— Ballast

Tell me what you know about dismemberment.— Bangalore Review

[it]’s not life, [it]’s writing— Away With Words: Volume 5, Toothgrinder

jani dekha hobe— The Daily Star

landscape with sex and violence— SARKA

Where did you come from/ how did you arrive?— La Piccioletta Barca

elegy for gas station,” “a road trip, or a series of fights,” “is that spring or a noose,” and “How will you begin?— Goldfish

searching for a necropastoral Climate Solution— Revolute

Identification:— The Hythe: 87 press

listen to something and then interrupt:— Tummyache, Soak, Bandcamp

Notes for Eating on the Road— Punt Volat

I Took You to Botanical Gardens Until I Could Not— Cream City Review

Notes for Cooking on the Road— Breakbread Magazine

What is the shape of your body?” and “What do you remember about the earth?— FDBNHLLLTTFPLAGIARISM: Sticky Fingers Publishing

tsunami— Bad Activist Collective

remembering at Gardens of Babylon— The Salt Weekly

chole gecche— The Liberation Podcast

things no one knows— Inklette Magazine

from the bathroom at the house show— Oroboro: Death Rattle Writers Festival

Indian Sonnet Designed for My Past and Future Assassin— Femme Literati: Mixtape

narcissus,” “cactus,” and “tomato— The Family Room, Press Pause Press

identity crisis as country song,” “coller, to stick,” and “ghazal, interrupted— Rigorous Magazine

when i think of you, i actually think of that one poem i wrote for you” — Neighborhood Garden

thesaurus for everything i didn’t say” — Connecticut River Review

how can i talk if my lips don’t move” and “pray: or post-election Social Darwinism” — The Liberation Podcast

forgetting at the coffeeshop on 21st” — SALT Weekly

“cosmos” and “the last night in kolkata” — Indian Literature

“here’s what I’ve got: the reasons why wherever you stand is home” — Backyards and Boulevards: WORDS FROM THE NEIGHBORHOODS OF NASHVILLE

“dual histories” — 20/20 Focus on Italy: A Poetic Response to Photography

a revolution” — Atlas and Alice

64,000 black women currently missing in the U.S.” and “a eulogy for home” — The Felt

the skin you asked for” — Shanghai Literary Review

why i must keep moving and thinking and seeing” — Tinderbox Poetry Journal

The City that Never Stops Giving” — Nashville Arts Magazine

tangerines” — Chapter 16


Essays

40 Best Albums of 2020: Bob Dylan and Moses Sumney” — Bitter Melodies Music Blog

40 Best Albums of 2020: Taylor Swift and Adrianne Lenker” — Bitter Melodies Music Blog

40 Best Albums of 2020: Run the Jewels and KeiyaA” — Bitter Melodies Music Blog

40 Best Albums of 2020: Bbymutha, Gil Scott-Heron and Makaya McCraven, and Bill Callahan” — Bitter Melodies Music Blog

The 400 Best Songs of the 1990s: A Tribe Called Quest, Aaliyah, and The Pharcyde” — Bitter Melodies Music Blog

The 400 Best Songs of the 1990s: 2pac & Lauryn Hill” — Bitter Melodies Music Blog

5 Back-To-School Tips For Students” — United Methodist Communications Rethink Church

Campus pantries fighting food insecurity among students” — United Methodist Communications

Missy Elliot's "Miss E... So Addictive"“ — Bitter Melodies Music Blog

Ghostface Killah's "Supreme Clientele"“ — Bitter Melodies Music Blog

Rain On A Strange Roof” — Under the Gum Tree

An Insignificant Balcony” — Chapter 16

Why Not Women” — Law Matters



Videos

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