Donovan Livingston, Ph.D.

#ThursdayVerseDay 🕊️💙🤘🏾 Just trying to write my way through waves of joy, grief, and deep appreciation for one the most brilliant people I’ve ever had the privilege to call, Brother. May peace wash over us all, in due time. #CYPHER #CYPHER #HipHop #HipHopEd

The Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives is still accepting applications for the 19th Cohort of First Wave! More information at go.wisc.edu/ApplyFW19 or link in bio.

Our oldest (the tallest 5 yo I’ve ever seen) had her first basketball game. She said she wanted to dunk and be as good as Michael Jordan, and was also very concerned about having to remove her earrings. Delusional ambition paired with vanity, truly my baby! @dlive87

and what I hope to be my next book and album - is one step closer to completion! Stay tuned 📖🎤🎶🩵🐏 #HipHopEd #EdEmcees

It’s a privilege to be surrounded by sage-like purveyors of the culture, who are also willing to pour into your vision. With their help, and a generous grant from the @unccollege (shout out Dr. Karla Slocum, Director of Faculty & Staff Development), this manuscript -

A thank you, though much deserved, seems woefully insufficient. I am so grateful to the homies, the Good Doctors @dr._vhicksharris & @tonykeithjr for participating in my manuscript workshop! The past 48 hours have been filled with laughter and vulnerability, good vibes and bars.

x.com/guiAKAfloyd/st… Hospitalized because of an incurable blood disease. Dilla’s mom and friends brought him a sampler, a crate of records, and a computer to his hospital room. During his time at the hospital he completed all but 2 songs for donuts, and sadly 3 days after the release he passed. An album that pushed the genre is still inspiring many producers til this day RIP J Dilla truly once in a lifetime artist.

13th Homecoming and second year in a row beating a lesser NC team in Wallace Wade. Shoutout to the fam for growing into their obligatory outfits, and big thanks to UNC for losing so badly to make sure I had a good day all around! #DDMF #ForeverDuke #TobaccoRoadsFinest 💙🤍😈

Bring your truth and your light, your stories and insight. We are made better when we listen to the rhythms of our neighbors. For more, visit the link in my bio OR chapelhillarts.org

Selected contributors will be invited to record their piece in a studio session at UNC, and will be featured on the forthcoming mixtape! All ages and skill levels are welcome to apply.

🗣️ Yes, yes y’all! This is a CALL TO POETRY! I’m excited to collaborate with @chapelhillarts @chapelhillpubliclibrary and @uncmusic to produce a community mixtape entitled, TALK OF THE TOWN!

Happy 70th Birthday! RUBY Bridges is famous for doing something most of us take for granted today: going to elementary school. But that simple act by one small girl played an important part in the Civil Rights Movement. ❤️💚🖤

Thank you courageous poets for filling the room with your brilliance; for bringing your unfinished writing to the workshop. We are all an unfinished work of art. And that, my friends, is a beautiful thing! “Rough: Drafts” is every first Thursday of the month!

The first installment of “Rough: Drafts” was a vibe! Thank you @epiloguebooksch for providing an atmosphere ripe for creative risk-taking and vulnerability in community.

All ages welcome! Link in bio for tix!

Grab your notebook 📓, perhaps a drink ☕️🍷🍵🫖 And write the world ✍🏾 🌎 with pad and ink! 🖋️ Join me @epiloguebooksch every first Thursday for a monthly poetry workshop series, “Rough: Drafts” - where we will create and revise *unfinished* poems in together, in community!

Poet Laureate, Town of @chapelhillgov x 3 ✊🏾 Grateful for our fellowship, today, as always! Peace to these prolific poets, my predecessors, power purveyors of the craft!

The campus where LEGENDS are made. SLAM Presents UNC is a special edition magazine that celebrates the University of North Carolina Tar Heels mens basketball program. From coach Dean Smith to Michael Jordan and beyond, this magazine tells the story of Chapel Hill. slam.ly/unc @UNC_Basketball @GoHeels

Happy Birthday to my North Star, and guiding light @LWestLivingston 😘✨

We see you!!! 😘