 He attended Carleton College (1964–69) and Delgado Junior College, where he earned an Associate Arts degree in business administration.He was the editor of "The Black Collegian" magazine for 13 years (1970–83), and has written for many publications including "Negro Digest/Black World", "First World", "The Black Scholar", "Black Books Bulletin", "Callaloo", "Catalyst", "The Journal of Black Poetry", "Nimrod", "Coda", "Encore", "The New Orleans Tribune", "Wavelength", "The New Orleans Music Magazine", "The Louisiana Weekly" newspaper.He is co-founder/editor of Runagate Press.