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last rights

Kinship, everyday tenderness, humor, grief, and the lives of Black gay men.

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Poems of kinship, care, grief, humor, and everyday love. The collection asks what becomes visible when Black gay lives are met with dignity.

“caring, humanness, family or kinship, humor, despair, ordinary problems and unqualified love”— The Washington Post
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    • last rightsKinship, everyday tenderness, humor, grief, and the lives of Black gay men.
    • nothin’ ugly flyBoyhood, becoming, and the family that gives a life its shape.
    • our name be witnessThe women, voices, and ancestral presences that continue to speak.
    • statusA Facebook status becomes a poetic form: wisdom, mischief, spells, and witness.
    • Facebook Friends365 re-inspired thoughts on making, maintaining, and nurturing our Facebook friendships.
    • Quantum Leaps and Sacred RupturesTen Lessons on Love, Loss, and Resurrection. A newer addition to the bookshelf.

    special projects

    • Spell JarsPersonalized metaphor jars from the Apothecary of Found Objects.
    • White Noise / Black MasksA sonic installation and poetry reading on white supremacy, voice, and citizenship.
    • Tent RevivalBlack LGBTQ poetics, performance, prophetics, and house music in shared ritual.
    • Riders & WritersA traveling creative writing workshop on BART. Public writing as witness and presence.
    • Music with Stallion MedallionPoetry and music in collaboration. Explore the recordings on Bandcamp.
    • Support the WorkHelp bring creative, prophetic, social justice, and joywork into the world.
    • 7-Day JourneySeven days of poetic medicine. Found objects become companions for reflection.

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