Off My Dome

Off My Dome

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…
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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…
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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…
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Displacement
Some thoughts on materiality and land (on campuses and in Palestine), and how economic incentives can induce dire circumstances
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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…
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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…
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Massachusetts Avenue (walk with me, vol. 4)
Another story-poem about place in Boston. Inbetween Melnea Cass and Huntington Avenue, Mel King's old South End struggles against its colonizers. See…
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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'
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Ography
This is, I think, my most personal essay yet. I can't really write anything else until I let this go, though. Read on for my attempt at addressing our…
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aaliyah's second death, and the crisis of digital conversion and media commons
we're losing the culture!!
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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…
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lingua franca
Poem no. 2 incoming!! I've been away for a bit (my apologies); but, I've got a couple articles out now w/ Boston Art Review and the Boston Compass! and…
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