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Stairway To Heaven: Dream Logic vs. Mythological Reclamation [How to Explain A World]
What inspired my upcoming novel and how did I come to organize those influences? There's a trickster spider in my head. This may be an exercise in futility.
published September 11, 2024
leap years, almost three months, some days
I have not been crying lately. Why not? tick tick tick tick
published May 19, 2024
pilot light
I kept a diary (?) during my three weeks in Europe, thoughts and such inspired by Wes Anderson, James Baldwin, Anthony Bourdain, new experiences, Roman food, and the Parisian sunset.
published March 4, 2024
ART EATS WORLD
What’s art doing in Tally and do these people have something to say with it? Are you ready to listen? Cordell Jones explores his journey amidst FAMU’s burgeoning art scene as an outsider.
published May 24, 2023
Black Pomegranate
Pomegranates have often been used as symbols of femininity and virginity throughout art history. Sparked by a vision on Senegalese beach, Bessem reflects on the history of the pomegranate in art in relation to black womanhood.
published May 20, 2023
WHITE LIGHTERS: notes on memory, death, growth, and being 26
A public birthday card for my parents and me, from me. Sorry for cursing Momma.
published March 20, 2023
THE BEAUTY OF SAMPLING
Sampling is an art form that isn’t just a pillar of Hip Hop, but possibly its heart. Camille Godfrey interrogates how sampling bridges the gaps between generations and why it is beautiful.
published February 4, 2023
HOW WE SAVE THE WORLD
Najee AR Fareed looks for ways to save the world, a question and an answer that drives at the very nature of our being. Cover Story from “Kingdom Come” issue of TRIBE MAG.
published December 22, 2022
DEAR NIGGAS (letter for the black man)
This is a love letter and a wake up call to black men. It’s time to treat ourselves better and our women better. I remain all of us. RIP Takeoff.
published November 13, 2022
DEAR CRONUS
King Hood is trapped in time and he’s fighting to get out. An ode to the moment’s lost forever and what we gain from them.
published September 10, 2022
HOWTOAPOLOGIZETOYOURSELF
An apology is a type of death. Happiness is a sacrifice. Camille Godfrey writes through the process of dying and rebirth in the name of self-love on the eve of her 19th birthday.
published August 8, 2022
WHO WILL CRY FOR THE LITTLE GIRL?
Shakiya writes through the mental landscape of her assault, how she carried the weight of her trauma, and how she went on to defeat everything: her circumstance, her fear, her anxiety, and her assailant. The little girl cries but she dreams as well.
published July 22, 2022
MY LIFE IN MUSIC: [ENTRY #00110100 00001010]
Kareem Fofana finds a new, free, person inisde their old persona. Start the music.
published July 11, 2022
THE EASTSIDE BROKE MY HEART
King Hood remembers East Atlanta for what it was and how it has made him.
published July 8, 2022
KIND OF BLUE
King Hood uses Miles Davis’s Kind of Blue as the basis of his self discovery in his latest poem.
published May 30, 2022
AFROFUTUR(IS)T SURVIVAL GUIDE 🧚🏽♂️
Jade Lorra(i)ne Scott documents the journey of finding herself amidst herself in this visual journal.
published May 19, 2022
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September 2024
- Sep 11, 2024 Stairway To Heaven: Dream Logic vs. Mythological Reclamation [How to Explain A World] Sep 11, 2024
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May 2024
- May 19, 2024 leap years, almost three months, some days May 19, 2024
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March 2024
- Mar 4, 2024 pilot light Mar 4, 2024
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June 2023
- Jun 13, 2023 Foreign Chaos [COP’s CITY/COP CITY] Jun 13, 2023
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May 2023
- May 24, 2023 ART EATS WORLD May 24, 2023
- May 20, 2023 Black Pomegranate May 20, 2023
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March 2023
- Mar 20, 2023 WHITE LIGHTERS: notes on memory, death, growth, and being 26 Mar 20, 2023
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February 2023
- Feb 4, 2023 THE BEAUTY OF SAMPLING Feb 4, 2023
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December 2022
- Dec 22, 2022 HOW WE SAVE THE WORLD Dec 22, 2022
- Dec 22, 2022 Bleeding Heart/Just What Happens Dec 22, 2022
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November 2022
- Nov 13, 2022 DEAR NIGGAS (letter for the black man) Nov 13, 2022
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September 2022
- Sep 10, 2022 DEAR CRONUS Sep 10, 2022
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August 2022
- Aug 11, 2022 THE WINTER PRODUCTION Aug 11, 2022
- Aug 8, 2022 HOWTOAPOLOGIZETOYOURSELF Aug 8, 2022
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July 2022
- Jul 22, 2022 WHO WILL CRY FOR THE LITTLE GIRL? Jul 22, 2022
- Jul 11, 2022 MY LIFE IN MUSIC: [ENTRY #00110100 00001010] Jul 11, 2022
- Jul 8, 2022 THE EASTSIDE BROKE MY HEART Jul 8, 2022
- Jul 7, 2022 a taste of “Through The Mud Grows The Lotus” Jul 7, 2022
- Jul 5, 2022 CARBON COPY Jul 5, 2022
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June 2022
- Jun 26, 2022 solo(ng) Jun 26, 2022
- Jun 19, 2022 BLACK TRUNK Jun 19, 2022
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May 2022
- May 30, 2022 KIND OF BLUE May 30, 2022
- May 19, 2022 AFROFUTUR(IS)T SURVIVAL GUIDE 🧚🏽♂️ May 19, 2022