The Boys Don’t HOop In West Centennial Park

by Kenny Bradley


 
 
 

 

Kenny Bradley is a Black poet and PhD candidate at Rockefeller University based in New York City, where he travels the 5 boroughs to perform spoken word poetry. He utilizes concepts in Biology to influence and shape his poetry to discuss topics ranging in self-love, identity, dissecting trauma, and being a black person in STEM. He was a member of the Provslam 2023 slam team and is a published co-author of a team chapbook. His work can be found on Button Poetry, Frontier Poetry and Natural Selections. He also has a debut chapbook titled Night Science, forthcoming with the Garden Party Art Collective. To find more of his work, you can find him on instagram @hotchocolate_poetry.