Daniel B. Summerhill
@bennysummerhill.bsky.social
Writer
Professor of Poetry @ Santa Clara University
Divine (X3) ‘21 | Mausoleum of Flowers ‘22
Im from Oakland.
(opinions my own)
www.danielsummerhill.com
Professor of Poetry @ Santa Clara University
Divine (X3) ‘21 | Mausoleum of Flowers ‘22
Im from Oakland.
(opinions my own)
www.danielsummerhill.com
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@meganstielstra.bsky.social says @bennysummerhill.bsky.social's essay "'Tell Me When to Go' Had Just Dropped and I Was from Oakland" is "what we need right now in this beautiful mess of a world."
Congrats to Summerhill for winning the Rumpus Prize in the nonfiction category!
➡️ buff.ly/iYtQd8G
Congrats to Summerhill for winning the Rumpus Prize in the nonfiction category!
➡️ buff.ly/iYtQd8G
!["[This essay asks] the reader to see so much deeper than their own assumptions, and isn't that what we need right now in this beautiful mess of a world? I loved it." quoted from CNF judge Megan Stielstra. All that written in black and red against a white background. To the left and right are ribbons of green, yellow, and red.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hoxmkixociklk3pen7zxi2lu/bafkreid6tqg6gq6fcujuwffgkydbffdnl7vfdq73cwf4cc3ep3ivac6aza@jpeg)
My nickname was “Hyphy” in the 10th grade because I had just moved to a city called Victorville (hour from LA) & I was from Oakland at the height of the Bay Area’s most prominent movements. I wrote about that period of tumultuous adolescence—gang culture—losing a teammate to murder—etc. in an essay.
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Next up, @bennysummerhill.bsky.social's THE RUMPUS PRIZE IN NONFICTION winning essay, "‘Tell Me When to Go’ Had Just Dropped and I Was from Oakland"—truly stunning!
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The Rumpus Prize in Nonfiction, First Place: Daniel B. Summerhill - The Rumpus
A tight plot of land with poverty gripping the neck of its residents even tighter. The same way America held off on recognizing street gangs as an issue until blood was spilt outside of the hood in 19...
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September 17, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Next up, @bennysummerhill.bsky.social's THE RUMPUS PRIZE IN NONFICTION winning essay, "‘Tell Me When to Go’ Had Just Dropped and I Was from Oakland"—truly stunning!
@therumpus.net #RumpusEssays
therumpus.net/2025/06/05/r...
@therumpus.net #RumpusEssays
therumpus.net/2025/06/05/r...
On the record, I would to say, Frank Ocean gave us Blonde. He owes us nothing.
September 3, 2025 at 4:01 PM
On the record, I would to say, Frank Ocean gave us Blonde. He owes us nothing.
Reposted by Daniel B. Summerhill
Congrats to our alum @bennysummerhill.bsky.social, whose essay “‘Tell Me When to Go’ Had Just Dropped and I Was from Oakland” won the inaugural @therumpus.net Prize for nonfiction! Check it out here:
The Rumpus Prize in Nonfiction, First Place: Daniel B. Summerhill - The Rumpus
A tight plot of land with poverty gripping the neck of its residents even tighter. The same way America held off on recognizing street gangs as an issue until blood was spilt outside of the hood in…
therumpus.net
August 26, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Congrats to our alum @bennysummerhill.bsky.social, whose essay “‘Tell Me When to Go’ Had Just Dropped and I Was from Oakland” won the inaugural @therumpus.net Prize for nonfiction! Check it out here:
Boy, the return key on my keyboard is probably sick of my shit, the way I press it twice as hard as any other key.
kermit the frog is playing a piano in a kitchen .
ALT: kermit the frog is playing a piano in a kitchen .
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June 27, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Boy, the return key on my keyboard is probably sick of my shit, the way I press it twice as hard as any other key.
My nickname was “Hyphy” in the 10th grade because I had just moved to a city called Victorville (hour from LA) & I was from Oakland at the height of the Bay Area’s most prominent movements. I wrote about that period of tumultuous adolescence—gang culture—losing a teammate to murder—etc. in an essay.
@meganstielstra.bsky.social says @bennysummerhill.bsky.social's essay "'Tell Me When to Go' Had Just Dropped and I Was from Oakland" is "what we need right now in this beautiful mess of a world."
Congrats to Summerhill for winning the Rumpus Prize in the nonfiction category!
➡️ buff.ly/iYtQd8G
Congrats to Summerhill for winning the Rumpus Prize in the nonfiction category!
➡️ buff.ly/iYtQd8G
June 7, 2025 at 3:12 PM
My nickname was “Hyphy” in the 10th grade because I had just moved to a city called Victorville (hour from LA) & I was from Oakland at the height of the Bay Area’s most prominent movements. I wrote about that period of tumultuous adolescence—gang culture—losing a teammate to murder—etc. in an essay.