Njera KeithPoetry Review: How to Identify Yourself with a WoundKB’s How to Identify Yourself with a Wound is ponderous, yet weightless. There is such deep promise in the book’s romanticization of the…Jan 24, 2022Jan 24, 2022
Njera KeithRevolution and Dry Ass PussyI did not join the revolution to end up with a dry ass pussy.Nov 27, 2020Nov 27, 2020
Njera KeithCaped WarriorsThree nights ago, I called my dad from New York. The conversation was, as it always is, a Black power ki and a strong antidote for the…Jun 16, 2020Jun 16, 2020
Njera KeithThe Purple-Pink HorizonMy name is Njera Keith. I’m a Black revolutionary living in the belly of Babylon and I’m in a nonconsensual, lifelong relationship with…Jun 12, 2020Jun 12, 2020
Njera KeithFour.That I’m Black informs my movement. My ability to literally ground myself in my own physical experience, in my own body is challenged by…Jun 11, 2020Jun 11, 2020
Njera KeithAll The WaThough I’ve found a home here, I have never belonged to this god-forsaken place. In fact, seeking refuge in my imagination, I escape…Jun 11, 2020Jun 11, 2020
Njera KeithLena Waithe’s Queen and Slim held a promise for me.Though I wasn’t sure, while watching the film, if it delivered the narrative I sought, I realized that Queen and Slim’s experience on the…Jun 10, 2020Jun 10, 2020
Njera KeithA droplet of sweat rolled down her neck, under her arm and down to the tip of her index finger.She heard the jingle of keys and rolled her eyes upward to see a guard approaching. She suppressed a derisive snarl. It was the handsy one.Jun 10, 2020Jun 10, 2020
Njera KeithMaking the Case for Reproductive RevolutionIn the wake of multiple state decisions to suspend abortion care during the coronavirus outbreak, revolutionaries must, once again, turn…Mar 26, 2020Mar 26, 2020
Njera KeithThe Summer of My LifeSometimes they tell the truth of what I am, of what my spirit was intended for…..for the uninhibited, untethered, devouring of of life.Feb 18, 2020Feb 18, 2020