It took a while for me to find the right words to process to Markeith Wiley’s It’s Not Too Late. But watching it, I constantly thought of the poem “It Doesn’t Feel Like A Time to Write” by black poet Danez Smith of St. Paul, Minn. This response is a re-imagining of Smith’s words.

In any social context, labeling is a convenient shorthand, a way to quickly convey a condensed idea to another person. It’s fast and easy, but it’s also lazy and limiting. Many artists are hybrids these days, but what happens when an artist expands the scope of their work past the point of hyphenating?

by Michelle Peñaloza

I just got home from watching Markeith Wiley’s IT’S NOT TOO LATE and my mind is swimming with reactions to the show and to the post-show Q&A—