recent work

The Politics of Black Portraiture art + practice spring 2024

Christina Sharpe’s Perpetual Present momus sep 2023

reflections on Saint Omer Black Life july 2023

Space is the Place Cult Classic june 2023

Mirrors & Mines: Digital Soul Searching arkive feb 2023

Ground Plus Empty Deem Journal nov 2022

Critic’s Pick: Justen LeRoy artforum oct 2022

on Killer of Sheep Black Life july 2022

Stepping Into Character With Dijon ssense feb 2022

Land to the Tiller! A Review of Haile Gerima’s Harvest: 3,000 Years seen nov 2021

food COLUMN

Food Writing Could Be Better, But It Will Need to Get Unappetizing First nov 2020


When Corporations Attempt Mutual Aid oct 2020


Food Technology Might Be More Efficient. But Is it Better? sept 2020


Who Pays the True Cost of Dining Out During a Pandemic? aug 2020


This Wave of Reckoning in Food Media is Different, But There's More Work to Do july 2020


Eating at Black-Owned Restaurants Isn't Going to Save Us june 2020

FEATURES & profiles

Oakland Celebrates the Black Panther Party’s Free Breakfast Program the guardian

How Oakland’s Underground music scene survived Silicon Valley the guardian

Arthur Jafa turns his lens to whiteness the guardian

Boots Riley's radical vision the fader

Karabo Poppy Moletsane’s Portraits of South Africa's Past and Future kqed

Behind the Scenes with SOB x RBE  east bay express (cover story)

summer mason Explores Black grief, Gender and Relationship east bay express

Yetunde Olagbaju Explores How Women In Our Families Inform Defiance  east bay express (cover story)

A Wonderful Trip with Roy De Forest east bay express

select ESSAYS

Photos That Defined “Black is Beautiful” Can Spark Conversation Once Again kqed

In A Future-Oriented Show at SFMoMA, East Bay Artists Shine kqed

Pansy Twist Celebrates the Possibilities of Community kqed

2018: The Bay Area’s Banner Year in Film kqed

Artists Excavate the Events of 1989 in ‘Task of Remembrance’ kqed

Kahlil Joseph Broadcasts the Vastness of Black Life in ‘BLKNWS‘ kqed

On Cakes and Colonization san francisco magazine

Berkeley Blooms  sf moma open space

Editorial Bias Exposed through Unpublished Gordon Parks Images kqed

The Curious History of the Eritrean and Ethiopian Veggie Combo east bay express

The Sacrifices and Rewards of Family-Run Restaurants east bay express

Kung Fu Kenny Strikes at Oracle Arena east bay express 

select INTERVIEWS

Living in Spectrums norient

Mayukh Sen on Immigrant Women Who Shaped the Way America Cooks & Eats the guardian

The Secret Ingredient is Always Kelis ssense

Enter ThugPop’s fantasy world ssense

Conceptual duo XUXA SANTAMARIA are imagining revolution the fader

How Nia Wilson’s rap group Girlz N The Hood is keeping her legacy alive the fader

bbymutha Should Be Your Favorite Rapper ssense

ALLBLACK is carrying Oakland's complicated rap legacy the fader

How Akinola Davies Jr. is exploring the reclamation of African artifacts the fader

E40, FOOZOOL & Jay Som on how space shapes their sound redbull music academy

Black Panther's Technocratic & Afrofuturist Utopia kqed

Alexis Okeowo explains how to write about Africa with ethics and empathy the fader

In the Ocean with Brown Girl Surf the fader


How To Unlock Your Creativity And Hustle Your Way To Success the fader

Alim Smith’s Surreal Paintings Pay Homage To Black Icons And Memes the fader

Ethiopian Records Wants His Home Country To Get Some Shine the fader