Love and Memory illustration published with The Times Opinion

published with The Times Opinion article

drawing longtime residents and curious out-of-towners alike

I won just as I thought I would

headed against a wind of more than 20 miles an hour

The end came abruptly for the Third Avenue El

Love and Memory illustration published with The Times OpinionThis image by Simone Martin Newberry accompanied Danez Smiths January 2021 review of Robert Jones Jr.s debut novel, The Prophets. In their poetic and personal review, Smith describes Joness book as, an often lyrical and rebellious love story embedded within a tender call out to Black readers, reaching across time and form to shake something old, mighty in the blood. The highly anticipated book tells the story of Isaiah and Samuel, two enslaved boys on