They Never Said It’d Be Easy

After Nikki Giovanni’s “Ego Tripping”

I am thrilled to share that my poem “They Never Said It’d Be Easy” has been published in Foglifter Press this month. Honored to have my work—a tribute to Nikki Giovanni, who passed away a month after I wrote this piece— included in a journal that uplifts bold, queer, and powerful voices in literature. Below is the latest version of this piece that has b…