Francesca T. Royster

Apr 15, 2024 | yesmagazine.org | Francesca T. Royster

Since Beyoncé announced on Super Bowl Sunday that she’d be releasing “act ii,” the album now known as Cowboy Carter, conversations about the role of Black artists in mainstream country have exploded on social media, and in large media outlets such as The New York Times, Good Morning America, , , and Rolling Stone.

Nov 18, 2023 | thatericalper.com | Francesca T. Royster |Eric Alper

Celebrate this year’s Billboard chart-toppers and 2023 Billboard Music Awards finalists on the Billboard Music Awards Channel! Listen on the SiriusXM app from November 8–21 and on channel 11 November 17–20. Artists include Taylor Swift, Drake, Morgan Wallen, SZA, Foo Fighters, Miley Cyrus, Bad Bunny, Doja Cat, Jung Kook, Lainey Wilson, and more. A reimagined 2023 Billboard Music Awards will bring fans up close and personal with their favorite artists on November 19.

Aug 21, 2023 | oxfordamerican.org | Francesca T. Royster

Tanner Adell performs at the 2023 Windy City Smokeout. Photo by Katie Kauss. Courtesy Windy City Smokeout The 2023 Windy City Smokeout was housed in the parking lot of the United Center, on Chicago’s Near West Side. It’s a massive stadium space built in 1994, an “urban renewal” project that has yet to see full gains for those who lived in the community.

Jul 23, 2023 | literarymama.com | Dara Mathis |Francesca T. Royster

In Francesca T. Royster’s heartwarming memoir, Choosing Family: A Memoir of Queer Black Motherhood and Black Resistance, she recounts her journey of adopting a Black baby girl with her wife in middle age. The path to becoming a mother leads her to reexamine the foundations of love and home in her life as she prepares to welcome a child into it.

Jun 28, 2023 | newyorkfolk.com | James White |Michael Cunningham |Francesca T. Royster |Marisa Crane

Picture a family. What do you immediately imagine—two parents and their children? Your answer likely depends on the kind of household you grew up in, or on the kinds you’ve known. What role might aunts, uncles, cousins, and grandparents play? What about neighbors, friends, and lovers? The American focus on the nuclear unit is far from universal—many cultures define family more broadly—and it is a limiting paradigm.