Category: creative nonfiction

I’ve Been Playing LPs Again…

On By Loupy DIn creative nonfiction, literary journal, memoir, Real World Problems, writing1 Comment

It's sad that us humans have chosen to live in two worlds, as if one isn't hard enough with which to deal.

Hospitalized: Redo

On By Loupy DIn 90's hip hop, black fathers, blogging, creative nonfiction, fatherhood, film, Golden Age of Hip hop, hip-hop, hospital, literary journal, memoir, parenting, rap, season, writingLeave a comment

The next song on my playlist was Deja Vu by Teena Marie. The words to that song took on a whole new meaning for me, and I cried my eyes out as I listened to it over and over again, until I decided that it was time for me to do something new...

The South-East Bounce

On By Loupy DIn 90's hip hop, black fathers, blogging, creative nonfiction, fatherhood, Golden Age of Hip hop, hip hop, literary journal, memoir, music journalism, parenting, photography, writingLeave a comment

I had a chance to travel away from L.A. for a couple of weeks. The first stop was Todd Mission, TX, where the first Middlelands music festival went down. Being Loupy D, I had the luxury of a golf cart and an all-access pass.