In an effort to counter the malevolent, profit-driven gaze of social media’s sophisticated algorithms, I recently launched a Patreon to showcase my art. As a self-described prosecrafter, I figure if I take a big swing and knock my written Patreon introduction out of the park, far beyond the multitudes of…

While I am not a theist in any form, I do believe that divinity is occasionally comprehensible to humans, and I respect everyone’s right to peacefully practice their membership in organized religion, should they choose. The influence of the Black Church on Black culture is an integral part of our…

The following is part one of an ongoing ultra-listicle about how neoliberal talking points are trash. As the capitalists once again marshal their resources in the face of certain economic ruin, the fiscal argument against universal social programs—a sturdy political cudgel for two generations—bears highlighting first off. To aid in…

We’ve been building to this. The ceremonial acquittal of an American president whose behavior irregularly vacillates between Nixon at his most vindictive and George III at his least lucid, whose administration fervently marches the humans toward a ruinous near-future, is the overlong spire stuck with genuine pride atop a skyscraper…

Nancy Pelosi is a comfortable politician. I write these late-December musings from a warm space within her fortress district of San Francisco. She’ll have her seat in this liberal bastion as long as she wants it. But Speaker Pelosi leads a caucus full of uncomfortable politicians, with vast constituencies outside…

When I was young, I had this fantasy that I would get famous and become a regular courtside at Warrior games. The Warriors weren’t “cool” back then. Whenever the Lakers came to Oakland, Kobe stans would fill half of the arena. …

Growing up in Oakland I was surrounded by people who used words well. I picked them up—words, that is—as a tool to express my agency (perceived or otherwise) very early on. Constructing a sentence is like putting together a puzzle with access to infinite pieces and the ability to conjure…