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Kyle V. Hiller

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BSR Contributor Since January 2, 2019

Kyle V. Hiller is the former associate editor of BSR, and has worked as a freelance writer and editor.

Kyle V. Hiller (any pronouns) is the former associate editor of Broad Street Review, serving from 2019-2026. He’s the author of The Recital, and spent time working as a freelance writer, journalist, editor, and podcaster. In his free time, he can be found practicing Japanese, playing video and tabletop games, cooking, going on long bike rides and walks, and watching women’s basketball. Find his alter ego Dr. Chillgood on SoundCloud.

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Jared Chichester as Moses (left) and Davon Johnson as Kitch contemplate what’s waiting for them on the other side. (Photo by Paola Nogueras.)

Theatre Exile and Theatre in the X present Antoinette Nwandu’s ‘Pass Over’

Surviving to the promised land
Theatre Exile and Theatre in the X present ‘Pass Over,’ a story about two young Black men looking to pass over into their imagined promised land. Kyle V. Hiller reviews.
Kyle Hiller

Kyle Hiller

Reviews 4 minute read
One year later, on a different stoop, and unsure if things have changed. (Photo by Holly Yokley.)

As normality attempts to return, mask-wearing arguments often miss the truth

Masking our problems
The past year has brought us a lifetime’s worth of pandemic anxiety and movements for justice, but it all seems to have boiled down to worries about masks. Kyle V. Hiller says something deeper is in play.
Kyle Hiller

Kyle Hiller

Editorials 5 minute read
Academia is still full of professors who won't see their own fallacies. (Image courtesy of InterAct.)

InterAct Theatre Company presents Eleanor Burgess’s ‘The Niceties’

Nothing nice about it
InterAct’s virtual presentation of ‘The Niceties’ hits close to home for college students of color. Kyle V. Hiller reviews.
Kyle Hiller

Kyle Hiller

Reviews 3 minute read
Playwright Kash Goins’s script debates more than a “justifiable homicide.” (Photo by Wide Eyed Studio.)

Arden Theatre Company presents Kash Goins’s ‘74 Seconds...To Judgment: A Radio Play’

Still listening for justice
The Arden adapts its 2019 production of ‘74 Seconds… To Judgment’ into a provocative, meta radio play. Kyle V. Hiller reviews.
Kyle Hiller

Kyle Hiller

Reviews 4 minute read
2020 was a really hard year—we missed so many brunches! (Image via Wikimedia Commons.)

30 years in the future, one white woman honors her actions for social justice

Karen tells America
It’s Stacey Abrams Day 2051, and just like her forbears marched with Dr. King, Karen reminisces about the time she helped America finally change for the better. Kyle V. Hiller imagines.
Kyle Hiller

Kyle Hiller

Editorials 6 minute read
Countertenor John Holiday brings Frances Harper’s poem to life. (Photo courtesy of Opera Philadelphia.)

Opera Philadelphia presents Tyshawn Sorey’s ‘Save the Boys’

Starving for these stories
Opera Philadelphia presents the latest from Tyshawn Sorey with ‘Save the Boys,’ an opera interpretation of a poem by abolitionist and Black women’s rights activist Frances Ellen Watkins Harper. Kyle V. Hiller reviews.
Kyle Hiller

Kyle Hiller

Reviews 3 minute read
Writer/director Hassan El-Amin (top left) gives notes to ‘Talk About Race’ cast members Elizabeth Heflin, Rene Thornton Jr., Toni Martin, Stephen Pelinski, and Briana Henry. (Image courtesy of REP.)

Resident Ensemble Players presents Hassan El-Amin’s ‘Talk About Race’

There is [not] a Black America
REP’s ‘Talk About Race’ sparks an assortment of conversations through a collection of vignettes in a new audio performance, but does it add anything to those conversations? Kyle V. Hiller reviews.
Kyle Hiller

Kyle Hiller

Reviews 3 minute read
Martin Luther King Jr. speaking against the Vietnam War at the St. Paul Campus of the University of Minnesota in 1967. (Photo via Wikimedia Commons.)

For MLK Day 2021, can we fight our history of miseducation in America?

The truth about unity
This MLK Day, Kyle V. Hiller considers what “unity” actually means, and the education that will get us there.
Kyle Hiller

Kyle Hiller

Editorials 7 minute read
The sun is setting on another year. What are we taking with us? (Photo by Alaina Johns.)

Here’s what 2020 told us about the things we deserve in America

What are we worth?
This year gave us a lot to look back on, but we prefer to ask what about this agonizing, illuminating, terrifying year we’re carrying into the future. Kyle V. Hiller and Alaina Johns consider.
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Kyle Hillerand Alaina Johns

Editorials 6 minute read
Sixers All-star Ben Simmons poses with the 2021 edition of the team's city jerseys. (Photo courtesy of the Philadelphia 76ers.)

What does the Sixers’ new city jersey tell us about the future of Philadelphia?

Philly love & basketball
The Sixers' unveiling of their new city jerseys came just days after election week. For Kyle V. Hiller, the two events offer a lot to debate about Philly’s identity.
Kyle Hiller

Kyle Hiller

Editorials 6 minute read
Randall Mitsuo Goosby, Khari Joyner, Myra Huang, Alexander Laing, and Lawrence Brownlee perform in ‘Cycles of My Being.’ (Photo by Dominic M. Mercier.)

Opera Philadelphia presents ‘Cycles of My Being’

Songs for hope in Black America
Tyshawn Sorey’s ‘Cycles of My Being’ is a gripping, haunting opera that seeks answers to America’s long history of oppression. Kyle V. Hiller reviews.
Kyle Hiller

Kyle Hiller

Reviews 4 minute read
A new collective experience: when strangers check your (and your friends’) voting plans. (Image courtesy of Alaina Johns.)

In the 2020 general election, do we know why we’re voting?

This vote is personal
Who are politics for? Why should we care? Kyle V. Hiller asks what makes voting important on a personal level, and remembers what got him started.
Kyle Hiller

Kyle Hiller

Editorials 5 minute read
Jurnee Smollet, Jonathan Majors, and Courtney B. Vance stand front and center in HBO’s new series. (Photo courtesy of HBO.)

I didn’t find reverie in ‘Lovecraft Country,’ but that’s not what I’m looking for

Escapism is not for us
The adaptation of the 2016 novel ‘Lovecraft Country’ tackles racism during the Jim Crow era with science fiction, but it also brings to light problems Black storytellers face today. Kyle V. Hiller considers.
Kyle Hiller

Kyle Hiller

Editorials 6 minute read
Antoine K. Stroman’s debut novel portrays an upbringing not often represented in fiction. (Image courtesy of AuthorHouse.)

‘Seeing Things in Black and White’ by Antoine K. Stroman

The Black experience is stranger than fiction
Despite its flaws, Antoine K. Stroman’s debut novella, ‘Seeing Things in Black and White,’ paints the Black experience in a multitude of colors. Kyle V. Hiller reviews.
Kyle Hiller

Kyle Hiller

Articles 3 minute read
These Japanese cats make a happy distraction from tense times in the US. (Image courtesy of Countryman Press.)

‘Catland: The Soft Power of Cat Culture in Japan’ by Sarah Archer

Cultural identity through cats
Philadelphia author Sarah Archer’s new book, ‘Catland: The Soft Power of Cat Culture in Japan,’ is a perfect crossover for history buffs and cat lovers. Kyle V. Hiller reviews.
Kyle Hiller

Kyle Hiller

Articles 3 minute read