Mychal Denzel Smith

@mychalsmith

Black writer. Author of (New York Times Bestseller) INVISIBLE MAN, GOT THE WHOLE WORLD WATCHING. For booking: [email protected]

Brooklyn
Joined April 2010

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  1. 16 hours ago
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  2. Dec 23

    Too many white people using “fam” now, I’ve resorted to saying “family” and can’t help but think of all I could be accomplishing if not for having to throw in that extra syllable, once again white people robbing me of precious resources

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  3. Dec 20

    All I want for Christmas is an intersectional critique that doesn’t repeat the fallacies of US cultural imperialism. I probably won’t get it *this* year, but I had an amazing time talking with anyway:

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  4. Dec 17

    was wondering why I hadn't received any. also, kinda proves one of the points of the essay? they really don't care about the differences between us, a black writer is a black writer, whether you're embracing them or hating them

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  5. Dec 14

    My book is the #1 holiday choice of woke millennial models who are the offspring of Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger

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  6. Dec 14

    I sat in the parking lot for an hour on Tuesday listening to on talk about his new essay in about how white gatekeepers restrain black writers & thinkers. Still thinking about it this convo three days later.

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  7. Dec 5
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  8. Dec 5

    oh yeah, you hate Christmas music, probably because you don't have "Player's Ball" in the rotation

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  9. Dec 4

    Really looking forward to this event with grab your free tix NY, link up.

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  10. Dec 3

    That's cuz they ain't letting people listen to Smokey Robinson sing "Deck the Halls"

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  11. Dec 3

    my theory is the people who complain most about Christmas music have only ever been exposed to Perry Como singing "O Holy Night," and if that were the case, yeah, I'd hate Christmas music too

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  12. Dec 1

    It takes a delicate hand to adapt James Baldwin for film. Read on Barry Jenkins's masterful handling of “If Beale Street Could Talk”:

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  13. Nov 30

    Could’ve sworn that dude died like seven years ago, but ok

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  14. Nov 30

    So if he’d have been honest about kicking her, everything would be cool?

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  15. Nov 29

    You should probably just sit this one out if you gotta out the asterisk

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  16. Nov 28

    All the fucking performative listen to Black women yada yada yada but when it comes to Black women having power, we'll then it's all "I really liked her but..." It's bullshit and should be considered as such.

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  17. Nov 28

    If you're in NYC on 12/10, come kick it with us

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  18. Nov 27

    I’m sorry, Drake and Chris Brown are friends? Drake, who once declared his love for Rihanna in public (almost stealing the spotlight from her accomplishment, but I digress)? He’s just, like, pals with Chris Brown now? Oh. Ok.

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  19. Nov 27

    In the film adaptation of "If Beale Street Could Talk," Barry Jenkins is not interested in exonerating the characters, but rather in indicting the world that makes love so difficult for them to attain. 's review:

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  20. Nov 27

    For , I wrote about Barry Jenkins/James Baldwin’s “If Beale Street Could Talk”

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