“Truth is a heavy thing, but it is the only thing worth carrying.”

– James Baldwin

I am beyond grateful and hella excited to announce my second full-length collection of poems and other stories, “LIVING AT BAGGAGE CLAIM” now available on BUTTON POETRY. This is a collection that is over a decade in the making, navigating the mercurial highs and lows of being a Black, Queer, and immigrant artist desperately trying to grapple with their relationship to home, healing your inner-child, and all the griefs in between (and beyond).

I spent a lot of time living out of a suitcase as a traveling artist, nomad, and person with unstable housing. “Living at Baggage Claim” is an invitation to finally put the bags down – from the literal to the figurative. I tried to ask myself in my reflection of the past 10 or so years of my life – being on the road, the people I’ve gained and lost, the vulnerable and prickly parts of me, the choices and decisions I made and that were made for me which left me so broken only the flood of tears could wash me anew – who or is what is home for me? Have I made a home of myself?

I hope these poems give a semblance of an answer or encourage you to craft your own. Thank you to BUTTON POETRY, friends, lovers, heart breaks, soul aches and wild joys that have made this possible, supported me, challenged me, and believed in me.