Essay

“The First Time, Since the Last Time,” Brevity Podcast, Episode #10, 28:44, Sep 4, 2018

“The Book of Kendrick,” Esquire, Apr 20, 2017

“How to Write Your Grandmother’s Obituary,” Killens Review of Arts & Letters, Sep 20, 2015 

“Baltimore’s Day Off,” The Atlantic, Apr 28, 2015 

“The Education of Hip Hop,” The Atlantic, Mar 19, 2015

“A Second Chance: Education’s Role in Reversing Mass Incarceration,” The Atlantic, Feb 26, 2015 

“The Case for Teaching Dead White Authors, Even During Black History Month,” The Atlantic, Feb 12, 2015 

“Why is This White Woman in a Morehouse Shirt?” The Root, Jun 6, 2014

“When Gentrification Brings Racism to the ‘Hood,” EBONY, May 12, 2014

 

Biography

“John T. Biggers,” Notable Black American Men Book II, Oct 30, 2006

“John Edward Bruce,” Notable Black American Men Book II, Oct 30, 2006

“Robert Lloyd Smith,” Notable Black American Men Book II, Oct 30, 2006 

 

Interview

“Pulitzer Prize Winner Kendrick Lamar Goes Deep Into Religious Symbolism with ‘Damn’,” The Frame, Apr 21, 2017