“My poems couldn’t save me from wanting to die.” (An Interview With Adrienne Novy)

I don’t know if I’m reaching backward in the anniversary edition so much as listening to my younger self reach forward.

“There exists a joy and hunger for more in that younger self.” (Adrienne Novy on Crowd Surfing With God: 5 Year Anniversary Special Edition)

That intensity is impossible to replicate as an adult, I think, because it reverts to nostalgia for us.

Music, Literature, Personal EssayGuestDecember 9, 2023Adrienne Novy, Hanif Abdurraqib

Introducing Crowd Surfing With God: 5 Year Anniversary Special Edition

This book is for you, yes—but more importantly, it’s for the things that tried to destroy you & failed. It’s for the past selves that live in you, still breathing, still breathing.

Announcements, Literature, MusicTopaz WintersOctober 18, 2023Adrienne Novy, Hanif Abdurraqib

Introducing Waiting for Frank Ocean in Cairo

Take off your headphones, put down your hauntings, & come inside out of the heat. We’ve been waiting for so long.

Topaz WintersFebruary 6, 2022Frank Ocean, Hazem Fahmy, Hanif Abdurraqib, Shayla Lawson, Sara Elkamel

"This book is both a letter to my past self and written for young people." (Adrienne Novy on Crowd Surfing With God)

I hope my readers are able to embrace the awkward younger versions of themselves, and forgive those past selves.

Introducing Interlude, New Job Openings, & Crowd Surfing With God

Interlude: the keystrokes of transitory—the movement in the rest—the inhale before the storm.