Favorite Essays

"Linsanity: There Goes The Neighborhood" (2012, Grantland)

"Django, the N-word, and How We Talk about Race in 2013" (2013, Grantland)

"Rethinking R. Kelly" (2013, Grantland)

"RIP James Avery. And Uncle Phil" (2013, Grantland)

"The Front Lines of Ferguson" (2014, Grantland)

"Barack and Me" (2015, Grantland)

"D'Angelo, SXSW, and the Evolution of a Corporate Festival" (2015, Grantland)

"How Trump Made Hate Intersectional" (2016, New York Magazine)

"I Remember Ken Griffey Jr." (2016, New York Magazine)

"What Kanye Has in Common with Trump. And MLK." (2016, New York Magazine)

"Barack Obama is Not Cool" (2017, New York Magazine)

"Thank You God, For Black Thanksgiving" (2017, Bon Appetit)

"What Was ComplexCon?" (2017, SSENSE)

"Colin Kaepernick Has a Job" (2017, Bleacher Report)

"The Magnetic Charm of Mac Miller" (2018, The Ringer)

"My Temple of Steam-Table Soul Food" (Bon Appetit, 2018)

"Eating My Way Through Atlanta, More Than Black and White" (Bon Appetit, 2018)

"Everyday Excellence" (2018, The New York Times)

"Almost Famous" (2019, The New York Times)

"It'll Work Itself Out (It Actually Wont)" (2021, Wealthsimple)

"A Mysterious Sickness Has Control of My Body" (2021, The LA Times - Image Mag)

"A Man Without a Hairline" (2022, The LA Times - Image Mag)

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