The Microscopic Giant’s founder poet, writer, essayist, journalist, and professional dreamer Tracy Jones, will be spitting live on September 27th for the first time in 15 years. He’ll have the esteem honor of performing with poet, translator, and Shakespeare scholar Constantine Contogenis. This community event is part of a reading series, celebrating life, unity, and the art of an ancient and sacred human made telepathic technology known as writing. If you’re in NYC, come through!!! Tracy Jones – d.d.b. b/w …
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My latest article for CharlotteFive just got published. Read it here. Below is how the piece has been received thus far. …
Here’s my latest, Eye: Notes to a Poet. I wrote about Care Bears, Public Enemy, white Jesus, writer Kiese Laymon, space travel, Brer Rabbit, and artist Sheena Rose. Painter Titus Kaphar contributed a poem and painting. To say that this a big deal or a high honor is an understatement. These people are like Gods to me. I am beside myself. It never occurred to me that I’d ever write about becoming a writer. I always thought that talking about …
This Ain’t Yo Muthafuckin’ Diary, Biatch 2018 was the year that TMG became more like my journal, scrapbook, family videos, and everything uncomfortable or Japan-related. It was a challenge to my introverted nature. Looking at all of last year’s TMG posts, I have zero regrets. Last year taught me that I have no desire to be a brand or a topic. It was an experiment, which helped me progress in unforeseen ways. Either commit and stick the landing or be …
Sorry for the long pause of posts. My daughter, Kantra was out of school and I’m working on some things that always get buried under writing assignments. Last month Huffpost published my personal article, “I’m Raising A Biracial Daughter In Japan, Where She’s Surrounded By Blackface.” I know I should’ve written a reaction to its reaction(s), but I had to counter the vertigo of retweets and likes. The world’s response was head-spinning. I had a TV reporter contact me about doing …
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