Performing for Power to the People
(Content advisory: some foul language)
I read two poems and spit a rap (!) at the Power to the People Stage for Twin Cities Pride on June 24, 2023.
A poem and a publication for Juneteenth
The Inlandia Institute has published a new book, These Black Bodies Are…A Blacklandia Anthology, of writings and art by people of African Descent. I am honored that three of my poems, “Hope Fool,” “Cashier” and “Whole Numbers,” are among the written works in this new book, released on Juneteenth.
Rappin’ for Danez Smith and the Cave Canem crew
At the Cave Canem “Laboratory Poetics” Minneapolis Regional Workshop reading held at Open Book in Minneapolis, MN May 17, 2023, I recited a humorous rap that was video recorded by National Book Award-nominated poet and workshop teacher Danez Smith.
Enchanted Highway & Yellowstone National Park filmstrip
A new filmstrip video shows photography by me and my wife of our 2017 vacation, which included visits to the Enchanted Highway of metal sculptures in North Dakota and Yellowstone National Park.
Sci-fi storytelling at MN POC Pride
My spouse recorded me performing my science fiction monologue “Adjudicated” on the MN POC Pride Festival stage in Minneapolis’ Powderhorn Park this past August. This is the first time the full monologue has been captured on video.
A double rainbow for MN POC Pride
I was a performer on the “Black Magic on the River” boat cruise held by MN POC Pride. As I was boarding the Mississippi River boat, I had the fortune to see a double rainbow at the dock.
Black squirrel in Nebraska
In the Before Times, I recorded this video of a jet-black squirrel in the parking lot of a senior community in Lincoln, Nebraska.
White squirrel in the ’burbs
On the way to a curbside giveaway in a Minneapolis suburb, I saw a white squirrel among a group of ducks. I pulled over, got out my smartphone and tried to creep up on the squirrel to take a video.