PRESS

2023:

Ohioana Book Festival to feature 120 Ohio authors | Conversations with Prince Shakur | Athens features in Ohio University alum’s new award-winning memoir | Famous Writing Routines | Interview with Prince Shakur (Gulf Coast Magazine)

2022:

The Best Black History Month Reads, According To This Year’s Debut Authors | Hanif Abdurraqib: Helping other Columbus authors is rewarding | Portrait of the Artist as a Young Activist | 20 Debut Books Coming In The Second Half of 2022 That You Should Preorder Right Now | Nonfiction Book Review: When They Tell You To Be Good | 2022 Queer Debut Authors You Should Be Sure Not To Miss, | 8 Surprising New Memoirs To Add To Your TBR ASAP | The 33 Most Anticipated Books of Fall 2022 | Finding Conviction in Chaos | Young Gifted and Black | 7 Memoirs About Leaving Home | Bookshop Manager Top Reads of 2022 | LIGEA MAGAZINE, Interview with Prince Shakur

2021:

Black writers matter all year, not just during Black History Month | Writers Of Colour Deserve To Be Paid For More Than Just Their Takes On Racial Trauma | Afronauts Podcast - The Hero’s Journey with Prince Shakur | 10 Must-Read Articles From This Week | Hanif Abdurraqib on Decoration, Aminah Robinson and Lifting Up the Writing of Others

2020:

Black LGBTQIA Leaders Reclaim Pride for Black Liberation | VRNT Magazine Feature | Portrait of a Friendship | Sacrosanct Feature |Breakfast for Dinner with Alpha Buddha | Art After Stonewall | Some residents want Mayor Ginther recalled. What happens then? |Black Artists in Ohio Are Coping and Creating During Social Unrest | 12 Newsletters Worth Subscribing To For Writers | Our Data Bodies | VERGE FM: A Conversation About “Lover’s Rock” and “Soul”

2019:

Lekhana 2019 Returns with the Theme of the Refracted Self - Indulge Express | Hooked on Books - New Indian Express

2017:

Casual Racism and the Outdoors: A Conversation with Prince Shakur


READINGS

Lekhana 2019 | IIHS Reading - November 2019 | Black Sheep Monologues - February 2020 | A Residency Reading | A Tomorrow’s Party with Lit Cleveland - September 2022 | Literary Death Match - October 2022

THE BLACK READING HOUR