belated but I wrote about Glissant's theory of relation and Gayl Jones's Corregidora in Social Text. DM me for a PDF; link here: read.dukeupress.edu/social-text/...

“Trump was—and is—intent on creating a new future, and to gain a better sense of that vision, I needed to understand what future he was working to prevent.” In n+1’s new issue: @rodriquese.bsky.social on the art that’s been censored by the Trump administration. www.nplusonemag.com/issue-51/ess...

Now out from behind paywall: I wrote about art under authoritarianism and the cancellation of the art exhibit of Andil Gosine for @nplusonemag.com www.nplusonemag.com/issue-51/essays/lifetime-achievement/

"She Wants to Grab Him:" The Premeditated Detention of Ras Baraka www.emptywheel.net/2025/09/29/s...

“I had studied art and writing that was—and I mean this literally, fully aware of the irony, given the past decade’s hand-wringing over political correctness—canceled.” In n+1’s brand-new issue: @rodriquese.bsky.social on art and freedom under Trump. www.nplusonemag.com/issue-51/ess...

I wrote about the cancellation of Andil Gosine's exhibit and art censorship under Trump for @nplusonemag.com. Read here: www.nplusonemag.com/issue-51/ess...

n+1 Issue 51: FORCE MAJEURE is online now! With new writing by @will-davies.bsky.social @liv-veazey.bsky.social @rodriquese.bsky.social @jacknorton.bsky.social @tricialockwood.bsky.social @lilyscherlis.bsky.social . . . and many more. Read it all here: www.nplusonemag.com/magazine/iss...

I wrote about Nicholas Boggs' new James Balddwin biography for @thenation.com Read here: www.thenation.com/article/cult...

I interviewed Imani Perry for @thenation.com about the color blue, the blues, and Black life www.thenation.com/article/cult...

I wrote about Harold Sonny Ladoo, Richard Fung's film on Ladoo, and more for SX Salon. Read here: smallaxe.net/sxsalon/disc...

"So the question for a writer like me is always, “What am I writing into? What am I writing over?” Every aspect of writing and of narrative fiction is concerned with it." @thenation.com

"So the question for a writer like me is always, 'What am I writing into? What am I writing over?' Every aspect of writing and of narrative fiction is concerned with it." -- Dionne Brand via @thenation.com

I interviewed Dionne Brand for @thenation.com. Read for a discussion of the English novel, an alternative tradition, and more www.thenation.com/article/cult...