Only a few months ago, my outlook on the creative and art world was bleak. I was in muddy waters with my manuscript that had been on submissions for six months. I turned down a book offer from an editor that I’m pretty sure hadn’t even read the book. I…

Four legendary creative collaborations — The first time I knew my words had triggered something deep in someone was when I finished a two-week summer writers workshop when I was 15. I climbed into my mother’s car, read her one of my poems, and watched her face change as she heard it. …

How Julien’s transgressive reworkings of history and time itself have expanded our potential to deal with the complexities of the present and paved the way for generations of artists to come In 1982 twenty-year-old film student Isaac Julien was walking through the East End of London when he encountered a…

It was after my book event in Toronto when my conversation partner invited me with some of his friends for drinks at a nearby bar. …

Over the past few years, there has been a much-needed resurgence of writer James Baldwin’s significance in the cultural landscape of the U.S. …

Writing a novel is a big undertaking, and it can be tough to know where to start. However, with a little bit of planning and some dedication, anyone can write a novel. …

During the Harlem Renaissance, Zora Neale Hurston would be known to walk into a room, throw her arms out, and proclaim herself “Queen of Niggerati”. Much like the queer, Black writers of today, Hurston lived, laughed, created, and fought with her writer counterparts — many of whom were queer. …

Something strange has started happening since I wrote and published a book about my life and moving to a new city. Now when I meet people and we exchange small talk, the topic of what we do usually comes up. …

This article contains descriptions of racial violence. In a culture contending with hyper-visible incidents of racism-like leaked footage in November 2022 of influencer Sophia Rosing using racial slurs-it is essential for creators to unpack how virality around an incident of hate is profitable for social media platforms, like TikTok or…