'The Send-Off' is Ryan K. Smith's follow-up to his debut novel, 'Needles For Free: a manic episode.' He wrote this in honor of his late mother, Robin Yvonne Butler Smith and nephew (her grandson), Tyler. The two never got to meet. Robin passed away in 2009 after a battle with pancreatic cancer, a year before Tyler was born (coincidentally, the day before what would have been her 53rd birthday). Smith created a spiritual scenario where grandmother and grandson met. The story is deeply rooted in the Christian faith Robin raised him with. Though dedicated to Robin and Tyler primarily, 'The Send-Off' is for anyone who has lost a loved one to cancer. It is Smith's hope that it will help any reader who has experienced cope with that devastation.

An profile on Philadelphia’s own, Philly The Boss.

A personal project I took on to create a flag for Darby (the town I live in in Delaware County, PA).

MeWeFree founder Ryan “Free” Smith announces a new “census” of the Black Diaspora for a digital flag database and explains his reasoning for wanting to create it.

In 1963, days after the March on Washington, the Philadelphia suburb of Folcroft, PA erupted in rioting after the first Black family, the Bakers, moved into the town. Writer/journalist Ryan K. Smith sat down with Phyllis Taylor in 2013 to discuss the incident. Mrs. Taylor and her husband, Richard, were integral in helping the Bakers out of their predicament.