When I tell people I’m a writer, they often ask a reasonable question: “What do you write about?” Usually, I respond with a handful of my most common topics and genres such as nonfiction, poetry, mental illness, and Black art, and that usually suffices as an answer. But this last theme of Black art is one that seems to grab readers’ attention most often. My more successful work is in the form of Black art, and the subject constitutes the vast majority of my writing. In fact,

When the pandemic hit hard this past March, people stopped being able to go out. Staying home became the safest option, and this meant that social gatherings, working out at the gym, or going out to lunch with a friend were all things of the past. And although we may have found many new creative outlets with all our new free time, if you’re anything like me, you spent most of your time in pajamas. At home, there was no need to get all gussied up. Even now with colleges back i