Presenting a new thematic collection on Too Much/Not Enough.
New Outlooks Essay: "Life's Short Essay Questions"
Throughout every stage of test-taking in my life, the times I felt as if I’d failed the most were the moments in which I was choosing to respond to questions with pre-selected answers, ones that didn’t quite fit who I was or what I knew I wanted to be. And every time I focused on those answers, I felt as if I was running out of time.
New Outlooks Poetry: "Up"
New Outlooks Essay: "Ain't Gonna Burn Us All"
“Ain’t Gonna Burn Us All” took me a long time to write. In fact, this was the last song I recorded for my album. I eventually came up with the music, but it took me a long time to pen down lyrics. Perhaps, it’s because that even though this hate crime did not happen to me, and it occurred 221 miles away in Brooklyn, NY, the incident still sort of hit home for me. That could have been mine, or my friend’s grandmother who was set on fire.
