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  • What Black Boys Carry

    I didn’t realize that shows talk to each other until they followed me out of the theater. I was in New York for my birthday, doing the thing that has always steadied me. Sitting in the dark, waiting for the lights to come up. Broadway has always felt like a place where something might tell…

    David Thompson

    January 14, 2026
    Broadway, Essays, Uncategorized
    black-boys, black-masculinity, family, fiction, freedom, inheritance, life, love, survival, writing
  • Coming Up for Air

    I was a college freshman when it happened. Back in 2007, YouTube was still new, when it felt less like an algorithm and more like a hallway you could wander down and accidentally find something that changed you. I don’t remember what I was searching for. Probably nothing important. That’s usually how it works. Then a…

    David Thompson

    January 13, 2026
    Essays, Hollywood
    access, coming-of-age, healing, life, love, mental-health, porgy-and-bess, theater, writing

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