I feel like I have had to catch up to the art I've made, and learn from the protagonists I have written, especially in relation to gender.

I think white artists have a responsibility to be not only naming white supremacy, but to be using their power and privilege to support artists of color.

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.

I have been and continue to be committed to art as a tool to ignite, comfort, and discomfort.

In my thirties, I have felt a greater urgency to make art that highlights what it feels like to be racialized, likely due to living in a country that obscures our racism with the idea of "multiculturalism."

I don't yet know what style will be required for my next novel, but my sense is that each book will involve a new relationship to language.

My art career often feels less like an art career and more like a career in educating, usually by using my body.