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Hundreds of articles published beginning with a short fiction column called "the hustle"  December 16, 1998. Passion drove me. Persistence brought success. The criteria for these selected works: best article  with the widest array of styles, topics, and categories in various sections of lifestyle periodicals. Some of these pieces are personal favorites that demonstrate growth. Others mark access, influence, and perspective. All told, each represent an experience.

2009

The Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College CUNY, What Happens to One’s Memory: A Reflection on Octavia Butler, March

2008

Black Enterprise Letter to the editor I see me in BE 

nat creole.com emory douglass Q & A, 

Uptown Magazine, 72 hours in Amsterdam, 

Uptown Magazine, Select: Music Summer Mixtape

Uptown Online Passing Strange: A diverse new play takes Broadway by storm 

NV Magazine Lifesavers: Modern day Medicine Women are Battling the ills of HIV & Aids 

Uptown Magazine Painting the Town Red 

nat creole.com The short list

NV Magazine Dream Jobs 

nat creole.com about Aunt Hagar’s Chillun

nat creole.com a transplant speaks of brooklyn 

Uptown Magazine, column, Live and Direct,Winter

Uptown Magazine, column, Live and Direct, Summer

The Industry Cosign.com Brazil: In Retrospect

nat creole.com carnaval in bahia 

Scratch Magazine boiling point, B.R. Gunna 

The Industry Cosign.com Olu’s Rant 

King Magazine Hip Hop’s Founding Fathers Teach a Lesson in Style and Fashion

The Industry Cosign.com A Book by it’s Cover 

XXL Magazine, lifestyle profiles, In my Hood, 

King Magazine BET Reaches its Conscious Viewers with a Lil’ Help from Activist Cousin Jeff

Smooth Magazine Celebrity Swimsuit Issue, interviews, Teedra Moses, Cheri Dennis, Liz De Janeiro,

Black Issues Book Review, book review, Can’t Get Enough
Smooth Magazine, Interview, Slim Thug, 

2004

NV Magazine From Start To Finish: African-Americans are driving innovations at GM 

The Industry Cosign.com A Raisin in the Sun Review & Commentary 

Black Enterprise Letter to the Editor Crucial Information 

NV Magazine Feature The More Things Change 

1998-2003

Rolling Out Urbanstyle Weekly Cover Story Spike Lee: Personal Revolution January 2, 2003

Rolling Out Urbanstyle Weekly Profile Avery Brooks: A man called Paul January 16, 2003

Rolling Out Urbanstyle Weekly Spotlight Voletta Wallace: Making B.IG. Moves July 11, 2002

Rolling Out Urbanstyle Weekly RO Award Robert Browne: Through the Eyes of a Visionary May 16, 2002

Rolling Out Urbanstyle Weekly Column The Hustle The Cream Card March 11, 1999

Rolling Out Urbanstyle Weekly Column The Hustle The Black Widow Club December 24,1998