https://kiminouknox.com/blog Essays by Kiminou Knox on faith, identity, love, discipline, writing, and Black boy life. en-us Fri, 05 Jun 2026 17:23:35 GMT https://kiminouknox.com/blog/the-lie-i-was-told-about-discipline https://kiminouknox.com/blog/the-lie-i-was-told-about-discipline Discipline is not about wanting to. Discipline is about doing it anyway when the return is not visible yet. Sat, 22 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT discipline mindset craft athletics https://kiminouknox.com/blog/on-love-that-doesnt-perform https://kiminouknox.com/blog/on-love-that-doesnt-perform I keep writing about love because I keep trying to understand it as practice, not performance. Fri, 14 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT love relationships identity emotional honesty https://kiminouknox.com/blog/seven-books-before-twenty-why-i-couldnt-stop https://kiminouknox.com/blog/seven-books-before-twenty-why-i-couldnt-stop I am nineteen. I have seven published books. The real answer is that I could not stop. Tue, 14 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT books writing life creative process publishing https://kiminouknox.com/blog/what-i-mean-when-i-write-about-faith https://kiminouknox.com/blog/what-i-mean-when-i-write-about-faith Faith in my work is not decoration. It is the wound I keep returning to because it has not resolved. Sun, 01 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT faith spirituality Our Father Spirit of Solomon https://kiminouknox.com/blog/the-court-and-the-page-are-the-same-discipline https://kiminouknox.com/blog/the-court-and-the-page-are-the-same-discipline People ask how I balance basketball and writing. I do not. They have never been separate. Tue, 05 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMT basketball writing discipline craft https://kiminouknox.com/blog/what-black-boys-are-not-allowed-to-feel https://kiminouknox.com/blog/what-black-boys-are-not-allowed-to-feel There is a performance tax placed on Black boys before they ever learn to speak. This is me refusing to keep paying it. Tue, 01 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT identity Black boy grief writing