“Crime is a Social Construction”

In researching a serial killer, I examine how Black power responds to crime.

A map of the wards within Little Rock. Each ward has a director appointed to form a legislative branch for the city’s government. The Little Rock Slasher is active in Ward 1. Source: City of Little Rock.

When I write, I center Black personhood. I want to write about the stories, decisions, emotions, fashion, institutions, myths, legends, and truths that allow my people to love, live, and persist in the West.