They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us

by Hanif Abdurraqib

It is one thing to be good at what you do, and it is another thing to be good and bold enough to have fun while doing it.

I, like so many of you, am now looking to get my joy back, after it ran away to a more deserving land than this one.

The machinery of a mundane week that wears one down until it becomes normal.

The Four Ls: Longing, Love, Loss, Loneliness.

I consider, today, the importance of black men loving each other in public. Of black people, in general, loving themselves in public.

men loving each other deeply could open up an entire dialogue around the goals and emotional connectivity of a people.