God willing — if Black History Month still exists next week — I am available to speak at your company or institution or community event about Black life, Black art, and Black futures.

FLY FLYER FLYEST

• Ego Tripping: Black Poetry & Poetics from Hughes to Hip Hop •

• Black Life Onscreen: Situating African American Cinema •

Africana Studies, University of Pittsburgh, Spring 2025

One year ago today, and I miss you, Daddy. 💜

‘because I wanted to be a poet like Nikki Giovanni.’

thank you, ms. giovanni 🤎