I am a professor and writer. My work bridges race and form, exploring how literature uniquely transforms social knowledge.

 

Winner of the 2023 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize in Poetry

“a poet who enlivens the imagination and stirs the soul”

Race Characters 

“an incandescent melding of narratological analysis, literary criticism, and comparative race studies”

“fascinating, informed, and relevant . . . a standout example of comparative ethnic scholarship”

“beautifully written, well-conceived, and astute new formalist analysis of character”

Publications

Pandemic Diaspora

Pandemic Diaspora

The Paris Review

The Paris Review

Race Characters

Race Characters

Orientalism & Orator

Orientalism & Orator

Granta

Granta

CBC Longlist

CBC Longlist

Crazyhorse

swamp pink

Reading Brownness

Reading Brownness

Immigrant Nativity

Immigrant Nativity

Indivisible

Indivisible