Essays

You Gave Me Ohio

And It's Ours Now Forever

Apr 19 •

Everyone is Saying the F word

How Competition Expands Our Language

Apr 2 •

I Lost My Queen Too

The Restaurant That Couldn’t Stay

Mar 25 •

Not Another Math Lesson

Mornings with Grandpa & Notes on Balance

Mar 15 •

Is the Internet making me useless?

On Drew Walls, Social Media Fame & Revolution

Mar 4 •

How My Mother's Music Taste Shaped Mine

Read my latest '68 to '05 essay about Stevie Wonder's Natural Wonder (1995)

Feb 28 •

Sports as a Conduit for Care

Feb 10 •

What is the Proper Place for Protest?

On the violence of decorum and respectability

Jan 20 •

As a man, why are you free?

On Black masculinity & defining manhood for yourself

Jan 6 •

One Year of Feels Like Home

Reflecting on my first year on Substack

Dec 19, 2023 •

My 10 Favorite Albums of 2023

SZA, boygenius, Noname & more

Dec 10, 2023 •

Cypher Pt. 2: Cole, Alex, Koku & Julius

Love Letters on Departure Albums

Dec 7, 2023 •

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