LAFrantic, hungry, rancid with fresh poison for you who love to travel, I’m sitting in my pajamas, tennis shoes — mask on — in a pizza joint…Apr 13, 2021Apr 13, 2021
Benign neglect“I do not know exactly why, but I can imagine that he felt ignored and unremarkable in the classroom, yet another body crowding the school…Apr 12, 2021Apr 12, 2021
PitchI had a nice fight over the word “pitch.” Convincing someone your writing is worth reading by writing to them about why your writing is a…Apr 9, 2021Apr 9, 2021
Ever last we the quiltYou don’t need that let me grab that you ain’t ‘spose to have that look at me I’m about swagger jack give us our bag back ‘fore you get hit…Apr 8, 2021Apr 8, 2021
Wear Coates whereCoates said this, wears this: “If I’m honest with you, I feel like the need to have an opinion on everything at every moment corrupts…Apr 7, 2021Apr 7, 2021
Mixed SolutionsMan straight up asked me how I keep my hair like a pro football player; the scalp showing at the root of all things, locs in braids to…Apr 6, 2021Apr 6, 2021
Best selfDr. King was assassinated on this day 53 years ago because he dared believe in the best version of America — challenging its racists to be…Apr 4, 2021Apr 4, 2021
Review: Godzilla vs. KongKong pulled his ancestral bespoke axe out of the Hollow Earth loot crate and still got walked up one side and down the other by Roided Out…Apr 4, 2021Apr 4, 2021
Great causesAndolini’s is sparse, the pizza, beer abundant like Black culture drenched in tradition. So few, beautiful.Apr 2, 2021Apr 2, 2021
Black Mam(b)as strikeThe moment you tell Mama you failed, and your high school teacher says that it’s all your fault that you can’t hang.Apr 2, 20211Apr 2, 20211
We Are United, Curt Flood and the fight for labor rights in colleG has come down to thisThe essential question for them isn’t What do you want right now? It’s What are you willing to suffer for the rest of your life to get it…Aug 9, 2020Aug 9, 2020
This is the true meaning of KobeI was taught early in my writing life that when you don’t know what to write, what to say, to write down 10 sentences with at least one…Aug 9, 2020Aug 9, 2020
3:50 For Gold?How to properly view Olympic champion Matthew Centrowitz’s 1,500-meter victory at Rio.Aug 31, 2016Aug 31, 2016
The Slow AmericanHow Americans have become slower over long-distance races.Aug 25, 20161Aug 25, 20161
Cheating Or Trying?It’s only cheating if you get caught—or offend societal mores.Aug 24, 2016Aug 24, 2016
Nurture Over Nature“Athletics is not so much about the legs. It’s about the heart and mind.” —Olympic marathon champion Eliud KipchogeAug 23, 2016Aug 23, 2016
