Donnell Alexander
It was something I said.
Consumers probably know me best for the memoir Ghetto Celebrity (Crown, 2003) and the story of Dock Ellis & the LSD No-No. I also lecture and facilitate. donnellellisalexander@gmail.com
PROJECTS
timeline.com
Brought to Mexico in chains, Gaspar Yanga and his followers rebelled
The first and, arguably, only African Middle Passage rebel to win a fight against his captors and be granted land worked out of the palenques, renegade communities in the part of New Spain, that we now know as Mexico’s Gulf Coast.
YouTube
An Oregon Canyon | Oregon Humanities
A short film on "how racism is literally inscribed on our geography." Directed with Sika Stanton.
The Nation
How I Learned to Be Hungry
When you suffer from physical hunger there’s a terrible discomfort: dizziness, headaches, and an inability to focus. A hollowness echoes through the self.
Funny or Die
Dock Ellis and the LSD No-No: A Short Film
The animated doc has been hailed as one of the great baseball films. Neille Ilel produced the audio narrative with me.
KCRW
Green Goblins | UnFictional | Radio Documentary and Storytelling | KCRW
A story of baseball, fatherhood and what it's like to be the black team.
The Nation
When White People Say They Have My Back, What Does That ...
It was in a place of mourning that we Portlanders learned an all-star line-up of the worst White America has to offer would soon decamp in our mild-mannered city...
brightreads.com
In This Teen Book Club, “The Outsiders” Leads to Talk of Boys and ICE
Be sure to check out the book club documentary content from my Mutty Waters production crew.
LA Review of Books
The Light in Black America: “Five-Carat Soul” by James McBride
The Five-Carat Soul Bottom Bone Band is a ’70s teen ensemble from an underside Pennsylvania neighborhood — The Bottom. Around the band’s leader, Butter, McBride has clustered four elegiac narratives about said band. The author was a pro saxophonist and composer before hitting it big in prose, and he plays his boy band like innocence instruments.
cratediggers.net
Crate Diggers — Ep. 36 – Donnell Alexander 2
03 Sep Ep. 36 – Donnell Alexander 2
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We’re a music / interview podcast using vinyl records as a jumping off point for conversations between artists and other cool people! Crate Diggers is hosted by veteran Portland DJ, Verbz and is engineered by his brother, hip-hop producer, Steez.
Episode 36 is our first ever exclusive returning guest, Donnell Alexander. Donnell is an incredible writer with credits in Time, Rolling Stone, ESPN, an...
leafly.com
Let Timmy Smoke: It's Time to Open Baseball's Hidden Cannabis ...
Let's celebrate baseball season with beer, hot dogs, and cannabis! Plenty of players do. MLB just doesn't want anybody to talk about it.
National Public Radio
In Hollywood, An Urban Legend Worth A Fact-Check npr.org
"To me, this conversation always comes back to the Booty Call-Rosewood conversation," says director Barry Jenkins.
Grantland
Consider the Merkin: A Brief History of Pubic Wigs in Hollywood «
“Cleopatra was known for her beautiful, long, luxurious pubic hair, which she proudly wore brushed and oiled, and she was known to admire — and display — her pubic hair in the shiny marble floors and the light, diaphanous gowns of the time.”
The Village Voice
Peering Into the Souls of White Folk
In our era of creeping wokeness, in the coasts' liberal precincts, the average black person can feel like a celebrity. Only, sometimes the celebrity it seems you are is Leslie Jones.
YouTube
'When a Ball Hits a Dead Bat, it Dies' - YouTube
Dock Ellis and Gaylord Perry, together again. A visual meditation on cheating, from my enhanced ebook Beyond Ellis D, produced with Thor Swift.
eephusmag.com
I Remember Mamba - Eephus
The Kobe I prefer to remember is a tender young buck, the pre-Mamba anomaly. Harold Miner 2.0. Understand when I say Harold Miner 2.0 that, as Kobe Bryant was ascendant, NBA progressives were on the prowl for an MJ update. The Next Jordan. Space Jam or nah, sport’s largest superstar was actually in early decline.