It’s been two weeks and I still can’t find the words to properly pay respects to this wonderful man— rest in peace, John Lewis.
Friend, collaborator, hero.
Thank you endlessly for trusting me to help bring your experiences and work to life through your eyes, and in your voice. The last 9 years have unquestionably been the honor of my lifetime, and I plan to continue the work, both on the page and in the streets. Here’s to the Beloved Community. Here’s to making a future worth living in for all people. Thank you from all of us.
So much more to say.
The day we met face-to-face for the first time— September 2012, just before SPX weekend.
Lunch break at Small Press Expo 2013.
Rep. Lewis and my brother Peyton. North Little Rock AR, April 2014.
Meeting my daughter in 2015.
The moment Rep. Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and I won the National Book Award for March: Book Three. November 2016.