Hi there! I’m a Haitian-American writer from Marietta, Georgia currently based in Los Angeles. I graduated from Harvard University in 2018, where I shot on 16 and 35mm film, had a weekly radio show and lived in a co-op. I am a recipient of the Georgia Poet Laureate’s Prize and was selected for the inaugural Periplus Fellowship in 2021.
I started my career at Creative Artists Agency, where I worked for a senior agent in the Books to TV & Film Department. From 2020 to 2022, I collaborated with director Kahlil Joseph on his upcoming feature film—“an ongoing art project that blurs the lines between art, journalism, entrepreneurship, and cultural critique” produced by Participant and to be distributed by A24—and worked as a writer’s assistant to artist Arthur Jafa.
You can find me on Substack via Permanent Daydream, a weekly dispatch where I share a few impressions, recommendations, and the occasional insight.
Selected Writing & Interviews
Fiction
“The Eye,” ZYZZYVA, Issue 125, 2023
“The Trip,” Joyland, 2022
Nonfiction
Essays
“Garden Time,” Worms Issue 8, 2023
“In the Neighborhood,” DEAR ZINE, Issue 02: Dear Neighbor, 2023
Interviews & Features
Interview with Maggie Nelson on her new book Like Love, Skylight Books Podcast, 2024
“Olivia Laing’s New Book Explores the Radical Potential of Gardens,” AnOther, 2024
“Rahim Fortune’s New Book Is a Poetic Portrait of Black Southern Identity,” AnOther, 2024
“Celebrating Gordon Parks, a Pioneering Photographer of Black American Life,” AnOther, 2024
“Uncovering Britain’s Groundbreaking Black-British Women Photographers,” AnOther, 2024
Interview with Tommy Orange on his new novel Wandering Stars, Skylight Books Podcast, 2024
“Naima, the Publication Spotlighting a “New Black Surrealism,” AnOther, 2024
“This Book Is an Ambitious Survey of Sport on the African Continent,” AnOther, 2024
Interview with Rosecrans Baldwin on his book Everything Now: Lessons from the City-State of Los Angeles, Skylight Books Podcast, 2023
Diego Vourakis’ Warm Ode to the Radiant Spirit of Cuba, AnOther, 2023
“The Eye,” ZYZZYVA, Issue 125, 2023
“The Trip,” Joyland, 2022
Nonfiction
Essays
“Garden Time,” Worms Issue 8, 2023
“In the Neighborhood,” DEAR ZINE, Issue 02: Dear Neighbor, 2023
Interviews & Features
Interview with Maggie Nelson on her new book Like Love, Skylight Books Podcast, 2024
“Olivia Laing’s New Book Explores the Radical Potential of Gardens,” AnOther, 2024
“Rahim Fortune’s New Book Is a Poetic Portrait of Black Southern Identity,” AnOther, 2024
“Celebrating Gordon Parks, a Pioneering Photographer of Black American Life,” AnOther, 2024
“Uncovering Britain’s Groundbreaking Black-British Women Photographers,” AnOther, 2024
Interview with Tommy Orange on his new novel Wandering Stars, Skylight Books Podcast, 2024
“Naima, the Publication Spotlighting a “New Black Surrealism,” AnOther, 2024
“This Book Is an Ambitious Survey of Sport on the African Continent,” AnOther, 2024
Interview with Rosecrans Baldwin on his book Everything Now: Lessons from the City-State of Los Angeles, Skylight Books Podcast, 2023
Diego Vourakis’ Warm Ode to the Radiant Spirit of Cuba, AnOther, 2023
Interview with Clement Virgo, AnOther, 2023
“How a Secret Porn Stash Inspired Carla Williams’ Self-Portrait Series,” AnOther, 2023
Interview with Liza Kaneva Hunsicker, Dazed, 2023
“Poet aja monet Wants to Decolonize Your Imagination,” AnOther, 2023
“Inside the World of Multifaceted Star Esther McGregor,” Present Space, 2023
“Kyle Weeks’ Resplendent Portrait of Ghanaian Youth Culture,” AnOther, 2023
“Jon Henry’s Powerful Portraits of Black Mothers and Their Sons,” Dazed, 2023
“The Electrifying Unseen Photographs of Painter Barkley L Hendricks,” AnOther, 2023
“Gabriel Moses’ Debut Exhibition Is a “Salute to Women,” AnOther, 2023
“This New Photo Book Looks at the Artists Redefining Black Identity,” Interview with Aida Amoako, AnOther, 2023
“Study’s New Issue Celebrates the Confrontational Work of Adrienne Kennedy,” Interview with Christopher Niquet, AnOther, 2023
“Visually Arresting Portraits of Hip-Hop’s Biggest Stars,” Interview with Sacha Jenkins, AnOther, 2023
“Jade O’Belle’s Film ‘Birthright’ Unearths the Power of Ritual,” Dazed, 2023
“Like Touring a Hall of Mirrors: Inside the Absorbing Work of Georgina Starr,” Present Space, 2023
“Baldwin Lee’s Empathetic Photos of the American South,” AnOther, 2022
“This Photo Book Wants to Rewrite Queer Black History,” Interview with D’Angelo Lovell Williams, AnOther, 2022
“Liz Johnson Artur’s Blistering New Book Documents London’s BLM Protests,” AnOther, 2022
In 2021, I interviewed Radha Blank, Jasper Marsalis and others for the 365th issue of i-D, guest edited by artist Arthur Jafa.
“How a Secret Porn Stash Inspired Carla Williams’ Self-Portrait Series,” AnOther, 2023
Interview with Liza Kaneva Hunsicker, Dazed, 2023
“Poet aja monet Wants to Decolonize Your Imagination,” AnOther, 2023
“Inside the World of Multifaceted Star Esther McGregor,” Present Space, 2023
“Kyle Weeks’ Resplendent Portrait of Ghanaian Youth Culture,” AnOther, 2023
“Jon Henry’s Powerful Portraits of Black Mothers and Their Sons,” Dazed, 2023
“The Electrifying Unseen Photographs of Painter Barkley L Hendricks,” AnOther, 2023
“Gabriel Moses’ Debut Exhibition Is a “Salute to Women,” AnOther, 2023
“This New Photo Book Looks at the Artists Redefining Black Identity,” Interview with Aida Amoako, AnOther, 2023
“Study’s New Issue Celebrates the Confrontational Work of Adrienne Kennedy,” Interview with Christopher Niquet, AnOther, 2023
“Visually Arresting Portraits of Hip-Hop’s Biggest Stars,” Interview with Sacha Jenkins, AnOther, 2023
“Jade O’Belle’s Film ‘Birthright’ Unearths the Power of Ritual,” Dazed, 2023
“Like Touring a Hall of Mirrors: Inside the Absorbing Work of Georgina Starr,” Present Space, 2023
“Baldwin Lee’s Empathetic Photos of the American South,” AnOther, 2022
“This Photo Book Wants to Rewrite Queer Black History,” Interview with D’Angelo Lovell Williams, AnOther, 2022
“Liz Johnson Artur’s Blistering New Book Documents London’s BLM Protests,” AnOther, 2022
In 2021, I interviewed Radha Blank, Jasper Marsalis and others for the 365th issue of i-D, guest edited by artist Arthur Jafa.