A sample spoken-word portion of an essay from my new literary podcast, to debut later this month. 

On Change

At the end of my first full day as a writing resident at the Ace Hotel, I wrote this essay and recorded it for my followers. In the essay, I discuss Southern food, my new friend Michael Twitty, race, ancestry, and the power of knowing your history. 

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MUSIC:
"A Monument to Everything" by Kindness featuring Busiswa (Robyn & Royksopp cover)
"Keep it Cool" by Kelela

TinyLetter/Ace Hotel Diaries: 01

After a full week in Palm Springs, I needed to reflect on my time here and what it means to feel a strong desire to connect to the world when you're in a place that is both removed from time and from "different" people.

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MUSIC:
"Closer" by Atlas featuring YOUTH

TinyLetter/Ace Hotel Residency: Diary 02

A continuation of my DOSSIER blog series on influences and lineage of different musicians and their work. This rough edit features some of my favorite cuts sampling "All Night Long" by Mary Jane Girls. Proteges of Rick James, their classic slow jam gained new fans for years to come through the sampling of future hip hop and r&b artists. I am NOT a DJ, merely a fan interested in the connections of culture from past and present. 

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TRACKLIST:
Screwed edit
"Tonight's Da Night" by Redman
"Around the Way Girl" by LL Cool J
"Tell Me" by Groove Theory
"You're Only a Customer" by Jay-Z
"All Night Long" by Mary Jane Girls
"Mary Jane" by Mary J Blige

All Decades Long

YA GIRL BRITT JULIOUS. Writer, DJ, and former on-air correspondent for WBEZ. Music columnist for Chicago Tribune. Freelancer for Noisey, Vice, The Guardian, Complex, NME and others.

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