And suddenly, it was not the sum of her parts but           one part that became what defined a torso, a chest, the flesh           of a woman or a mother, or pauses hidden in bone marrow,           we all revolved around her diagnosis like the planets around the sun,           not for light or life but for something that would...Learn More

Someone asked me what it was      about him that drew us together to spiral and combust entangled,      and I said, It was never about the way he smelled      or the curve of his arms, It was that he hid      cities in his words anchored steam boats under his lips,      tied tree trunks and roots into his hair and the lines of his palms. It was...Learn More

Just as classic rap lines are repeated decade after decade, so are classic pieces of literature. Literary references show up in other pieces of writing, of course, but they also pop up in other, more unlikely places. In fact, there are countless musical projects across multiple genres that re-tell classic works of literature, that reference...Learn More