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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For CharlotteFive, I wrote about becoming a Black father in Japan and raising my daughter in Tokyo and Charlotte, North Carolina. Read the piece here. …
My latest Tokyo Weekender article “Why I’m Glad I Got Stuck in Japan During Covid-19” is several hours old and since it got published the response has been a ringing fire house. It’s on fire. I’m mad humbled. Thank you. At the moment my daughter is adjusting to elementary school, which is an incredible challenge. Every morning it’s like she’s getting ready to run through a gladiator course. “Dad, I’m going in. I’m going in,” she says in so many …
I’m honored to announce that on July 1 at 7pm (EST) I’ll be having a live conversation with acclaimed filmmaker Terence Nance, creator of the wildly creative movie “An Oversimplification of Her Beauty” and the HBO show “Random Acts of Flyness.” For those in Japan, the event will be on July 2 at 8am. Join us on ZoomZOOM LINK: https://bit.ly/3dIx0XzMeeting ID: 872 2968 0994Password: flyness For other details, please check The Museum of Contemporary African Diasporian Arts at http://mocadadigital.org. Below, …
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