Surviving the Crash
In a society where most of us feel like captives to some extent, making a spectacle of the people whose bondage appears more obvious provides the illusion of freedom—freedom by comparison.
Southern politics
The Hell Inside Hell
This essay discusses sexual abuse against adults and minors in the prison system. It also describes instances of suicide and self harm. I have called The Hell inside Hell home for eight of the 17 years that I've been incarcerated. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) adult women's solitary confinement on Lane Murray Unit…
Arts & Soul
a list of things i did this summer
This poem was published as part of Bayou Blues: Ecopoetics of the Gulf South, a collection of ecopoetry centered on Houston, Texas curated by Hurricane Season editor, Aarohi Sheth. a chopped and screwed beat, i sketched a map of my heart. i made a birthday cake from scratch. i counted all the bayous i have…
Race & Place
Rejecting cynical narratives of the South
Somewhere in storage,there's a home video of me as a toddler, barely standing in the driveway of my late grandparent's house. My sister is also in the frame dancing, ever the performer when the camera is rolling. I am toes to heel with her, carefully arranging my index and middle fingers to form a sign, the…
Long reads
"Pull up your pants or go to jail!"
Imprisoning Palestine: Zionist colonialism through an abolitionist lens
Essays & Letters
Brown Eyes in a Blue-Eyed World
Why journalists must speak out about Gaza
On grief and sweet potato pie: A holiday meditation
What living through COVID in jail taught me about abolition
Young people struggle within a capitalist, ableist system. We can change it.
In Georgia, we need proactive—not reactive—mental health support in schools
On the execution of my friend, Kelly Gissendaner
Field notes
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