Compilation of essays focused on life musings. Initially published on Guernica, The Baffler, Boston Globe, and Salon.
The Latest
Sasha Bonét on Black Motherhood, Fragmented Storytelling, and Untangling History
G’Ra Asim Talks to the Author of “The Waterbearers”
I met my former MFA classmate Sasha Bonét on Admitted Student Night in the spring of 2014. I recognized her as a force of nature on sight. It couldn’t be more fitting that her new book….
As an English professor, a musician, and a Black person, I’m ready to shred misconceptions about who is and who isn’t fit to jam. Originally published in The Boston Globe
When assistant professor, author and punk musician G’Ra Asim was in the third grade, the world as he knew it turned upside down. From Carolyn Jack’s Key Changes
G’Ra Asim ’14 on Rock Music and Black Culture: Boston Globe
Writing, Literature and Publishing alum G’Ra Asim ’14 writes in the Boston Globe Ideas section that rock ‘n’ roll belongs to Black musicians, and should be considered a Black art form alongside other genres of music.
I have gotten older and bigger and certainly no less Black in the years since I first heard Chris Rock’s diagnosis of this problem. Originally published on Guernica Mag.
Being a black male intellectual used to make me stand out. Now, it’s the norm. Thanks for nothing, man. Originally published on Salon.com
On the vestigial baggage of gender identity. Originally published on TheBaffler.com
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