interview by vanessa willoughby

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What's your most used emoji?
The heart emoji

Who is your favorite literary outsider?
My friends who will all soon not be literary outsiders: Jose Olivarez, Jamila Woods, Eve Ewing, Aziza Barnes, the list goes on.

A famous director decides to make a movie of your life. Who do you choose and why?
Ava DuVernay

You're going to be the official curator for a new museum focused on black womanhood. Name three artists you would include?
Kameelah Janan Rasheed, E. Jane, Krista Franklin.

Name the last time you truly felt free---where, when and why?
Not sure, but I was probably surrounded by Black folks.

Your favorite breakfast cereal growing up?
Fruit Loops

What's in Blue Ivy's Burn Book?
All of her haters.

If you could make a new American Girl doll, who would she be?
I'd design a doll that could be named after the owner. The theme would be Carefree Black Girl.

Favorite Beyonce video look?
The 7/11 white lace lingerie.

Who will survive in America?
Black people. I believe that we will win. Might not be in my lifetime, but we will.

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