Poetry
"Aubade with Creek Bed," Brooklyn Rail, December 2022
"Ode to my Ashy Feet," Brooklyn Rail, December 2022
"When I Die," Brooklyn Poets, October 2022
"Sonnet with Compost Bin," Hennepin Review, September 2022
"Heaven is a Muddy River," Pigeon Pages, March 2022
"Freehanding Maps of the Gulf," Pigeon Pages, March 2022
"The Black Shoals," Pulitzer Center, February 2022
"There Will Be No Evening," The Lickety-Split, selected by Chen Chen, December 2021
"Atlántico," Muzzle Magazine, October 2021
"I WANNA PLAY WHERE YOU PLAY WITH THE ANGELS," Yale Daily News Magazine, November 2020
"Untitled," Vs. The Podcast, May 2020
"With Love, From Our Corner of the Night," People Against Police Brutality One-Year Commemoration of Justice for Stephanie and Paul, April 2020
"Dispatches from a Country Without Name," Yale Daily News Magazine, September 2019
"Black English Major Speaks of Rivers," Yale Daily News Magazine, September 2019
"Too Much and Not the Mood," Yale Herald, April 2019
"Invocation // Liner Notes for a New World," Yale Herald, 2019
“Freehanding Maps of Minnesota,” Lunch Ticket, July 2017
Non-fiction
"Each curl is mighty - Black hair as architecture," Houston Chronicle, December 2023
"I Didn't Like Needing People. Running a Half Marathon Changed That," Houston Chronicle, January 2023
"Through a Journey Along the Mississippi, Pilgrims Find Healing for Black and Indigenous Communities," Pulitzer Center, August 2022
"Adjaye Associates designs exhibition that celebrates Jean-Michel Basquiat’s vibrant life," The Architects Newspaper, July 2022
"The New Bend," Oxford American, June 2022
"All in the Family," Texas Observer, September 2021
"On the Gulf Coast, a Re-Encounter with History," Pulitzer Center, August 2021
"People Like Us," Yale Daily News, June 2021
"The Next Trans Griot," Texas Observer, May 2021
"‘On Juneteenth’ Refuses Easy Answers About the Importance of People of Color to Texas History," Texas Observer, May 2021
"Nine Texans on How They Survived a Frozen Week," Texas Observer, February 2021
"'Wings of Ebony' Brings Black Girl Magic to Life," Texas Observer, January 2021
"In Houston’s Third Ward, Community Groups are Fighting for Equitable Development," Texas Observer, November 2020
"Black Towns Matter," Cite Digital, August 2020
"Environmental agencies aren't protecting Texans from a cancer-causing chemical," One Breath Houston, June 2020
"Dispatches from the Underbelly of Democracy," Brink: A Review of Books May 2020
"Required Reading: A Review of Sana Sana by Ariana Brown," Broad Recognition, April 2020
"We're Not Going Anywhere," One Breath Houston, February 2020
"Sterling's Hold On Me," The New Journal, December 2019
"Absent By Design: Fifty-five years of racial exclusion at the Yale School of Architecture," The Politic, May 2019
"What ER&M Gave Me," Broad Recognition, April 2019
"Betting on the Nickel," Curbed, October 2018
"Where is Houston Affordable?" Houston Chronicle, August 2018
"Can the National Lynching Memorial Help Houston face its past?" Houston Chronicle, August 2018
"Prestige, Power, and Junot Díaz," The Politic, July 2018
Press
"Wearing Two Hats: Editors & Agents Who Write: Editor Irene Vázquez & Agent James McGowan," Cynsations, December 2022
Poet of the Week, Brooklyn Poets, October 2022
"8 Empowered Ecofeminists Fighting for Justice," Healthline, January 2022
"Who have we become? A conversation with Black students in the class of 2021," Yale Daily News, February 2021
Looped In: "A Gen Z's take on Houston housing and affordability," Houston Chronicle, August 2018
Photo: Tyler Vargas
"Aubade with Creek Bed," Brooklyn Rail, December 2022
"Ode to my Ashy Feet," Brooklyn Rail, December 2022
"When I Die," Brooklyn Poets, October 2022
"Sonnet with Compost Bin," Hennepin Review, September 2022
"Heaven is a Muddy River," Pigeon Pages, March 2022
"Freehanding Maps of the Gulf," Pigeon Pages, March 2022
"The Black Shoals," Pulitzer Center, February 2022
"There Will Be No Evening," The Lickety-Split, selected by Chen Chen, December 2021
"Atlántico," Muzzle Magazine, October 2021
"I WANNA PLAY WHERE YOU PLAY WITH THE ANGELS," Yale Daily News Magazine, November 2020
"Untitled," Vs. The Podcast, May 2020
"With Love, From Our Corner of the Night," People Against Police Brutality One-Year Commemoration of Justice for Stephanie and Paul, April 2020
"Dispatches from a Country Without Name," Yale Daily News Magazine, September 2019
"Black English Major Speaks of Rivers," Yale Daily News Magazine, September 2019
"Too Much and Not the Mood," Yale Herald, April 2019
"Invocation // Liner Notes for a New World," Yale Herald, 2019
“Freehanding Maps of Minnesota,” Lunch Ticket, July 2017
Non-fiction
"Each curl is mighty - Black hair as architecture," Houston Chronicle, December 2023
"I Didn't Like Needing People. Running a Half Marathon Changed That," Houston Chronicle, January 2023
"Through a Journey Along the Mississippi, Pilgrims Find Healing for Black and Indigenous Communities," Pulitzer Center, August 2022
"Adjaye Associates designs exhibition that celebrates Jean-Michel Basquiat’s vibrant life," The Architects Newspaper, July 2022
"The New Bend," Oxford American, June 2022
"All in the Family," Texas Observer, September 2021
"On the Gulf Coast, a Re-Encounter with History," Pulitzer Center, August 2021
"People Like Us," Yale Daily News, June 2021
"The Next Trans Griot," Texas Observer, May 2021
"‘On Juneteenth’ Refuses Easy Answers About the Importance of People of Color to Texas History," Texas Observer, May 2021
"Nine Texans on How They Survived a Frozen Week," Texas Observer, February 2021
"'Wings of Ebony' Brings Black Girl Magic to Life," Texas Observer, January 2021
"In Houston’s Third Ward, Community Groups are Fighting for Equitable Development," Texas Observer, November 2020
"Black Towns Matter," Cite Digital, August 2020
"Environmental agencies aren't protecting Texans from a cancer-causing chemical," One Breath Houston, June 2020
"Dispatches from the Underbelly of Democracy," Brink: A Review of Books May 2020
"Required Reading: A Review of Sana Sana by Ariana Brown," Broad Recognition, April 2020
"We're Not Going Anywhere," One Breath Houston, February 2020
"Sterling's Hold On Me," The New Journal, December 2019
"Absent By Design: Fifty-five years of racial exclusion at the Yale School of Architecture," The Politic, May 2019
"What ER&M Gave Me," Broad Recognition, April 2019
"Betting on the Nickel," Curbed, October 2018
"Where is Houston Affordable?" Houston Chronicle, August 2018
"Can the National Lynching Memorial Help Houston face its past?" Houston Chronicle, August 2018
"Prestige, Power, and Junot Díaz," The Politic, July 2018
Press
"Wearing Two Hats: Editors & Agents Who Write: Editor Irene Vázquez & Agent James McGowan," Cynsations, December 2022
Poet of the Week, Brooklyn Poets, October 2022
"8 Empowered Ecofeminists Fighting for Justice," Healthline, January 2022
"Who have we become? A conversation with Black students in the class of 2021," Yale Daily News, February 2021
Looped In: "A Gen Z's take on Houston housing and affordability," Houston Chronicle, August 2018
Photo: Tyler Vargas
