Sara Koffi’s fast-paced debut thriller packs commentary on racism, police brutality, and inequality
…Patricia might just be the racist next door. The party ensues, and as the evening winds down the two friends make plans to take a walk together early the next…
Alice Randall’s My Black Country embraces and explores Black eccentricity in country music
…years ago, they saw signs from folks outside reading: “Keep Country, Country!” Inside the walls, their performance was applauded; their country was apparent in the way they delivered “Fairytale.” “They…
Book Excerpt: Vantablack
…the sidewalk. Cross to the other side, man. Drop into the ditch, man. Don’t look into her eyes, man on the sidewalk. Ditch the pavement. Don’t pave a way that’s…
Book Excerpt: Between Chance and Mercy
Eclipse (08/21/2017) In minutes, the moon will elbow a cool path between earth and sun, make a shadow of afternoon, throw shade at the knowledge of man, his dominion over…
Darnell Arnoult’s latest poetry collection tackles the cosmos
…fire into star-like aviators, simultaneous agents of the Earth and the cosmos, just as the figure itself is simultaneously a human being and a bird-like creature. These paradoxes, or seeming…
Drew Lanham’s new collection is an ode to joy in a harsh world
…of decolonizing their language and honoring these passerines. The way we honor and thank all of creation matters. He ends the collection honoring a fellow South Carolina poet — Nikky…
