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nj fox
Jun 16, 20249 min read
nj's annotated bibliography
For my thesis program at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, I was required to have an annotated bibliography that accompanied my...


nj fox
Jun 16, 20242 min read
nj's Artist Statement
I identify as an interdisciplinary writer and poet. My practice explores the human journey of learning to live as a mind inside of a...


nj fox
Dec 12, 20232 min read
Individualism v Collectivism
December 2023 *exhibited in School of the Art Institute (2023), Siragusa Gallery (2024) and Cellophane (2024) Individualism v...


nj fox
Jun 1, 202314 min read
The Struggle is The Ritual: A Literary Essay on Audre Lorde's "Dream of Europe"
“The struggle is the ritual” (Lorde, 114). 2023 has been a rough year. Just as I’m beginning to write this paper, there’s been another...


nj fox
May 9, 20234 min read
the black girl lives in this one
There was once a black girl cursed with the gift of ambition She had a vision of something more than what she was given A condition that...


nj fox
Apr 15, 20232 min read
a year in song
a year in song is an interactive performance. the audience isn’t a passive bystander but instead an active member of the art piece....


nj fox
Mar 30, 20230 min read


nj fox
Mar 12, 20232 min read
Critique: Why Can't We Change The Norm?
*DISCLAIMER: I will be specifically talking about the School of the Art Institute, but from speaking to other art school students, I...


nj fox
Feb 22, 20232 min read
before i pour into you, i first must pour into myself
i get into the water before it fills the tub. my body adjusts to the scorching heat as it envelops me. i crave the warmth of raging...


nj fox
Aug 31, 20227 min read
The Difference Between Salt and Sugar
As the smell of heavy rain wafts, I look up wondering how much time I have. The rain clouds wave at me from a distance and I wave back,...


nj fox
Mar 10, 20226 min read
Why I Will No Longer Be The Token Black Friend
Trigger Warning: Racial slur “I don’t like the republican one sweetie. I’ve been republican all my life and some of my sweetest friends...


nj fox
Dec 30, 20212 min read
My Body, My Tomb
September 2021 *published in Mouth Magazine in 2021. *my body, my tomb performed (2023, Chicago, IL) video by liberty harris my body, my...


nj fox
Dec 17, 20211 min read
a coke a day keeps the thoughts at bay
a coke a day keeps the thoughts at bay is an interactive performance. when tasked with creating an art piece from something collected...


nj fox
Oct 8, 20211 min read
Overthinker
September 2021 {tw: suicidal ideation, death, anxiety, depressive thought} My thoughts are a full time job. Poetry from your local...


nj fox
Dec 18, 20201 min read
Black Girl Magic
November 2020 in this moment when the importance of black lives is being shown in the spotlight and non black people are asking questions...


nj fox
Dec 24, 20191 min read
The Pieces of Love and Heartbreak
November 2019 Cultivated over almost a year, from sticky notes to random pages, to even a greasy napkin, nj pieces together the puzzle of...
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