i am an island

As you can see I no long post here and I have made a new blog if you are interested. I do post my writing (lots of movie content and other things I make) and hope to begin posting poetry there again soon. 

What I’ve been up to:

 EDITING VIDEOS

Reviewing on my media review site

Reviewing Films and other media on Letterboxd

Talking about books on INSTAGRAM

Making concept playlists on SPOTIFY

and for those interested here are my NEW Tumblr and my NEW twitter accounts

And hey, if you like me and what I make, feel free to support my art on KOFI

Midsommar:  Video and a Playlist

Do you feel held?

I’m the only one that’s leaning. (a midsommar playlist)

Deep End by Eliza and the Delusionals

Motion Sickness by Phoebe Bridgers

Panic Attack by Liza Anne

Only to Live in Your Memories by Night Moves

We Go On by The Avalanches, Cola Boyy, Mick Jones

Contaminated by Banks

Bless Me by Moses Sumney

Pendulum by FKA Twigs

Orange Blossoms by Half Waif

wrong tree by serpentwithfeet

I will be here for now on: @practicallynonsensical​

I will be here for now on: @practicallynonsensical​

we did not hear a sound until danny’s blade fell out his pocket and the bullets that followed

because I guess anything can be a gun if the darkness surrounding it is hungry enough

or at least that’s what I’ve been told when

the bodies of black boys thrash against what

little life they have left tethering them to the earth and isn’t that what we’ve always been fed? that it is just like the nighttime

to rename everything that moves into a monster?", - Hanif Willis Abdurraqib , excerpt from "all of the black boys finally stopped packing switchblades", taken from The Crown Ain't Worth Much

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This is a book that shares itself like melodies.

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Supporting Black authors is something that I definitely need to start doing more, so I’ve compiled a list of 80 YA books by Black authors. I’m putting the ones that I’ve read at the top in bold, and the rest will be books that I have looked up and have put on my list to read. I can’t do much to change what’s going on in our world right now, but I can do my part to support the Black community in any way that I can. These are in no particular order and please feel free to add more!

On The Come Up by Angie Thomas

With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo

The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

Calling My Name by Liara Tamani

Dear Martin by Nic Stone

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds

The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon

Let’s Talk About Love by Claire Kann

Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo

Allegedly by Tiffany D. Jackson

Odd One Out by Nic Stone

Jackpot by Nic Stone

Dear Justyce by Nic Stone - coming out 9/29/20

Children of Virtue and Vengeance by Tomi Adeyemi

Oh My Gods by Alexandra Sheppard

Black Enough: Stories of Being Young and Black in America edited by Ibi Zoboi

Love Me or Miss Me: Hot Girl, Bad Boy by Dream Jordan

Spin by Lamar Giles

Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James

Watch Us Rise by Renee Watson and Ellen Hagan

Opposite of Always by Justin A. Reynolds

The Belles Series by Dhonielle Clayton

The Weight of the Stars by K. Ancrum

Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams

Let Me Hear a Rhyme by Tiffany D. Jackson

The Voice in My Head by Dana L. Davis

I Wanna Be Where You Are by Kristina Forest

The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta

The Evolution of Birdie Randolph by Brandy Colbert

Dear Haiti, Love Alaine by Maika and Maritza Moulite

Kingdom of Souls by Rena Barron

A Blade So Black by L.L. McKinney

A Dream So Dark by L.L. McKinney

Full Disclosure by Camryn Garrett

The Forgotten Girl by India Hill Brown

Tyler Johnson Was Here by Jay Coles

Piecing Me Together by Renee Watson

Solo by Kwame Alexander

A Song Below Water by Bethany C. Morrow

By Any Means Necessary by Candid Montgomery

War Girls by Tochi Onyebuchi

Light It Up by Kekla Magoon

Who Put This Song On? by Morgan Parker

Monday’s Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson

Finding Yvonne by Brandy Colbert

Learning to Breathe by Janice Lynn Mather

I am Alfonso Jones by Tony Medina

The Stars Beneath Our Feet by David Barclay Moore

Ghost by Jason Reynolds

X: A Novel by Ilyasah Shabazz

The Boy in the Black Suit by Jason Reynolds

How It Went Down by Kekla Magoon

Dread Nation by Justina Ireland

Deathless Divide by Justina Ireland

Not So Pure and Simple by Lamar Giles

The Field Guide to the North American Teenager by Ben Philippe

Monster by Walter Dean Myers

Pride by Ibi Zoboi

Opposite Of Always by Justin A. Reynolds

Buried Beneath The Baobab Tree by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani

The Effigies Series by Sarah Raughley

Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves by Glory Edim

Such A Fun Age by Kiley Reid

I Almost Forgot About You by Terry McMillan

Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours by Helen Oyeyemi

A Phoenix First Must Burn: Sixteen Stories of Black Girl Magic, Resistance, and Hope edited by Patrice Caldwell

This Is My America by Kim Johnson

Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam

If You Come Softly by Jacqueline Woodson

Nightmare of the Clans by Pamela E. Cash

Black Boy, White School by Brian F. Walker

Behind You by Jacqueline Woodson

Hush by Jacqueline Woodson

Tiffany Sly Lives Here Now by Dana L. Davis

Upstream: Selected Essays, Mary Oliver

Wild Geese, Mary Oliver

When they finished burying me, what was left of me sent up a demand like a hand blooming in the fresh dirt:

When I’m back, I want a body like a slash of lightning. If they heard me, I couldn’t hear their answers.

But silence has never stopped me from praying. Alive, how many nights did I spend knelt between

the knees of gods and men begging for rain, rent, and reasons to remain? A body like the sky seeking

justice. A body like light reaching right down into the field where you thought you could hide from me.

They’ve taken their bald rose stems and black umbrellas home now. They’ve cooked for one another, sung hymns