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But graf, it can't save you
I published an essay on graf/street art in Boston Art Review's new print issue last week! below: mostly short stories & vignettes; reflections on the…
Oct 29, 2025
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The Tail Bone of Columbia Road (walk with me, vol. 5)
Below, the fifth installment in the "walk with me" series: a place-based set of story-poems observing and living streets and corners across Boston and…
Nov 12, 2025
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Massachusetts Avenue (walk with me, vol. 4)
Another story-poem about a place in Boston. In between Melnea Cass Boulevard and Huntington Avenue, Mel King's old South End struggles against its…
Oct 9, 2025
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Grave Digging
I haven't been able to write much beyond my master's thesis recently (successfully defended); when I did get free moments, poetry was what came. I…
May 30, 2025
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ETA
I'd love to share with you all a short story penned by the wonderfully talented GG Flores--a dear friend--and edited by me. Enjoy this transit-laden…
Feb 18, 2025
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Urban Renewal for Negro Approval: The Skyrise for Harlem plans, designed by June Jordan and Buckminster Fuller
Oct 20, 2024
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Feb 18, 2025
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Poem no. 1: entitled, 'A nation'
May 5, 2023
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Displacement
Nov 13, 2023
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cultural criticism
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Pelle Pelles and Postmodern Raps: Earl Sweatshirt Live at Royale Boston
Peace peace peace! I wrote a concert review for a small, fresh Boston music publication called Heartbreak News—I'm republishing those words here, a…
Dec 7, 2023
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Bringing A Beauty About Reason (or, BABAR); the questions, vol. 2
Some meditations on beauty, perception, and being read... also, a continuation of "the questions" column
Oct 11, 2023
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Flows Consciously Cascading into Liquid Swords
For Hip Hop's 50th anniversary, I wanted to re-publish my first-ever essay; I've been writing about rap since I was 17. Big gratitude to the publication…
Aug 14, 2023
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Off My Dome
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But graf, it can't save you
I published an essay on graf/street art in Boston Art Review's new print issue last week! below: mostly short stories & vignettes; reflections on the…
Oct 29, 2025
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Alula Hunsen
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Bringing A Beauty About Reason (or, BABAR); the questions, vol. 2
Some meditations on beauty, perception, and being read... also, a continuation of "the questions" column
Oct 11, 2023
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Alula Hunsen
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Getting to the root(s) of the matter
Hey y'all; below I'm republishing an article I wrote for the Boston Ujima Project, a review of the Touching Roots exhibition space at the MFA!
Apr 10, 2023
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The Tail Bone of Columbia Road (walk with me, vol. 5)
Below, the fifth installment in the "walk with me" series: a place-based set of story-poems observing and living streets and corners across Boston and…
Nov 12, 2025
•
Alula Hunsen
But graf, it can't save you
I published an essay on graf/street art in Boston Art Review's new print issue last week! below: mostly short stories & vignettes; reflections on the…
Oct 29, 2025
•
Alula Hunsen
3
1
Massachusetts Avenue (walk with me, vol. 4)
Another story-poem about a place in Boston. In between Melnea Cass Boulevard and Huntington Avenue, Mel King's old South End struggles against its…
Oct 9, 2025
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Alula Hunsen
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Grave Digging
I haven't been able to write much beyond my master's thesis recently (successfully defended); when I did get free moments, poetry was what came. I…
May 30, 2025
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Alula Hunsen
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ETA
I'd love to share with you all a short story penned by the wonderfully talented GG Flores--a dear friend--and edited by me. Enjoy this transit-laden…
Feb 18, 2025
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gg flores
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I'll get you next time/What happened to that boy?
a double feature! The first half, a poem on 'the (neo)liberal/masculine relationship promise'; a poem from an asshole's perspective. The second, further…
Aug 10, 2024
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Butterfly divine
I promise I'll have some essays back on this page 🔜 😭 in the meantime: yet another poem, inspired by a recent performance of (Black…
May 20, 2024
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Cambridge, Mass ("walk with me" series, vol. 3)
something or other. Thinking about crafting a place-based series of short story-poem hybrids (tentatively titled, "walk with me") as I'm midway through…
Feb 25, 2024
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Pelle Pelles and Postmodern Raps: Earl Sweatshirt Live at Royale Boston
Peace peace peace! I wrote a concert review for a small, fresh Boston music publication called Heartbreak News—I'm republishing those words here, a…
Dec 7, 2023
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Alula Hunsen
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Sweaty in Portland: The Leather Blvd Tour
On Aug. 15th, I saw Pink Siifu + Awhlee (who perform together as B. Cool-Aid) in Portland, Oregon... this is my story.
Aug 28, 2023
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Flows Consciously Cascading into Liquid Swords
For Hip Hop's 50th anniversary, I wanted to re-publish my first-ever essay; I've been writing about rap since I was 17. Big gratitude to the publication…
Aug 14, 2023
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Alula Hunsen
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taking on 'lo-fi'
Some loosely organized thoughts follow; read on for me nerding out about 'lo-fi beats to chill to'
Mar 29, 2023
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Hey DJ can you play that song!
a short read on listening to and learning from sound selectors
Nov 15, 2022
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Marvin Gaye's Midnight Love turns 40
one of the most impressive R&B albums ever pressed to wax, Marvin forecasts future soul and calls on his impressive instincts while exploring new ground
Oct 23, 2022
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How I Process Music
a short one on how I think about music, plus a playlist demo
Oct 4, 2022
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the questions, vol 1: commercial rap and rap commercials
incoming: more rap nerdery. I promise I'll let it go after this (or at least take a break lol), and write about trains or something. in the meantime…
Jul 28, 2022
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Urban Renewal for Negro Approval: The Skyrise for Harlem plans, designed by June Jordan and Buckminster Fuller
Happy fall!! I wanted to repurpose something I wrote for class last year into a bit of urban design criticism; read on for an exploration, and critique…
Oct 20, 2024
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Poem no. 1: entitled, 'A nation'
I've been working on a couple of different things away from here which will all be coming out soon (insha'Allah) in print + online! But in the meantime…
May 5, 2023
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On social housing, and housing justice
We've been mired in a housing crisis for a long while, largely of our own creation; how can we fix it?
Jul 18, 2020
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All Power to the People, Realized
A people’s power can be exerted over more than just their elected officials; democratized economies hold a liberatory key to justice and politics.
Jul 12, 2020
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