RJ YoungLAFrantic, 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…·1 min read·Apr 13, 2021----
RJ YoungBenign 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…·1 min read·Apr 12, 2021----
RJ YoungPitchI 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…·1 min read·Apr 9, 2021----
RJ YoungEver 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…·1 min read·Apr 8, 2021----
RJ YoungWear 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…·2 min read·Apr 7, 2021----
RJ YoungMixed 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…·1 min read·Apr 6, 2021----
RJ YoungBest 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…·1 min read·Apr 4, 2021----
RJ YoungReview: 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…·1 min read·Apr 4, 2021----
RJ YoungGreat causesAndolini’s is sparse, the pizza, beer abundant like Black culture drenched in tradition. So few, beautiful.·1 min read·Apr 2, 2021----