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RESEARCH

Welcome to a world of limitless possibilities, where the journey is as exhilarating as the destination, and where every moment is an opportunity to make your mark on the canvas of existence. The only limit is the extent of your imagination.

  • Love Lessons from bell hooks & Berea

    I had the esteemed opportunity to be keynote speaker for The bell hooks Center’s annual Gender Talk series last week. To say that I am grateful would be an understatement. The truth is, the faculty and students at Berea College healed something in me in ways I forgot were possible. I went to Berea feeling…

  • “EVERYBODY’S PROTEST POEM” (from A Requiem for Jimmy”

    This is the second poem of “A Requiem for Jimmy,” a spoken word performance in honor of the life and legacy of James Baldwin, performed April 9, 2025 at NCCU for a FREE SHOW on behalf of The James Baldwin Society of NCCU. The poem interprets Baldwin’s aversion to protest literature and his philosophy of…

  • “I AIN’T ALWAYS AN ARTIST … SOMETIMES I GET THE BLUES” (from A Requiem for Jimmy)

    This is the show opener for “A Requiem for Jimmy,” a spoken word performance in honor of the life and legacy of James Baldwin, performed April 9, 2025 at NCCU for a FREE SHOW on behalf of The James Baldwin Society of NCCU. The poem interprets Baldwin’s response to an interviewer asking why it took…