Writing about racism requires a directness that writing a love story does not.

Children's books have great potential to reveal new possibilities to readers, because the intended audience is at an age of genuine learning.

In poetry, I didn't have to provide resolution. I could ask hard questions without feeling responsible for the answers.

Despite the fact that I'm not highly skilled in any visual art, aesthetics have always played a strong role in my art, including my first albums.

As a person of color, I know race can't be stripped from admiration or preference.

My intention was never to write a "trans novel" - which is perhaps an effective strategy for writing a trans novel.

I didn't want to give the white reader an opportunity to think of racism as imaginary - a sentiment that is already a central barrier in addressing the problem.