My personal Substack
Poet & essayist learning to invest in process over product! Build Yourself a Boat (Haymarket, 2019) & Dyscalculia (Penguin Random House, 23’). Work in The New Yorker, American Academy of Poets, and Vanity Fair and elsewhere.
the life behind novels & the writing in between, creative invitations & dog-eared pages— FIRST DRAFT aspires to be your mindful scroll
Pro-Black, Pro-LGBTQIA2S+, sometimes polemical political and pop culture testimony from author Robert Jones, Jr., formerly known as "Son of Baldwin."
Music writing that is not restricted by the demands, wishes, and timelines of the music industry. Writing, not advertising. Love, not a battle of the brands.
a newsletter dedicated to curation, care and intention focused on the liberation of myself and the niggas that got me here