Short Stories
Birthday Girl - Numéro Cinq, July 2013
Essays
Writing While Black - Los Angeles Review of Books, July 2020
I Gave Up on Love, and It Was One of the Best Decisions I Ever Made - Huffington Post, October 2019
Dearly Beloved: A Eulogy for Prince - Dearly Beloved: Eulogies for the Ones We Lost, Zoetic Press, 2017
The Pool - The Rumpus, March 2016
Recommendation: Becoming Abigail by Chris Abani - Post Road, Spring/Summer 2015
Jacqueline Woodson's Windows - The Writer, December 2014
Why Can't Black Women Claim Sluttiness, Again - Racialicious, June 2014
The Sadder It Gets the Funnier It Gets: An Interview with Steve Almond - Numéro Cinq, January 2014
Shopping While Black: Thoughts about Trayvon Martin - Numéro Cinq, August 2013
Race & Art in America: The Invisible Man Meets Django Unchained - Numéro Cinq, March 2013
Fight the Power - Salon, June 2002
Book Reviews
Telling Stories While We Die: A Review of Kyung-sook Shin's "I'll Be Right There" - Numéro Cinq, July 2014
Rescuing the Wicked Queen: A Review of Helen Oyeyemi's "Boy, Snow, Bird" - Numéro Cinq, May 2014
It Is Love, My Frightened Ones, Love: A Review of Robin Oliveira's "I Always Loved You" - Numéro Cinq, March 2014
The Story Begins in Death: A Review of Javier Marias' "The Infatuations" - Numéro Cinq, October 2013
Birthday Girl - Numéro Cinq, July 2013
Essays
Writing While Black - Los Angeles Review of Books, July 2020
I Gave Up on Love, and It Was One of the Best Decisions I Ever Made - Huffington Post, October 2019
Dearly Beloved: A Eulogy for Prince - Dearly Beloved: Eulogies for the Ones We Lost, Zoetic Press, 2017
The Pool - The Rumpus, March 2016
Recommendation: Becoming Abigail by Chris Abani - Post Road, Spring/Summer 2015
Jacqueline Woodson's Windows - The Writer, December 2014
Why Can't Black Women Claim Sluttiness, Again - Racialicious, June 2014
The Sadder It Gets the Funnier It Gets: An Interview with Steve Almond - Numéro Cinq, January 2014
Shopping While Black: Thoughts about Trayvon Martin - Numéro Cinq, August 2013
Race & Art in America: The Invisible Man Meets Django Unchained - Numéro Cinq, March 2013
Fight the Power - Salon, June 2002
Book Reviews
Telling Stories While We Die: A Review of Kyung-sook Shin's "I'll Be Right There" - Numéro Cinq, July 2014
Rescuing the Wicked Queen: A Review of Helen Oyeyemi's "Boy, Snow, Bird" - Numéro Cinq, May 2014
It Is Love, My Frightened Ones, Love: A Review of Robin Oliveira's "I Always Loved You" - Numéro Cinq, March 2014
The Story Begins in Death: A Review of Javier Marias' "The Infatuations" - Numéro Cinq, October 2013