In the Black Fantastic Black & African American Historical Fiction Terrifying

Terrifying

the poet reveals himself to readers in a disarming and kinetic sequence of stanzas

How do you take the armor off in a country where you’re not physically or emotionally safe

as though we had the privilege to sit right beside her

and she’s not allowed to flood the bathroom

In the Black Fantastic Black & African American Historical Fiction TerrifyingA richly illustrated exploration of Black culture at its most wildly imaginative, artistically ambitious, and politically urgent. A richly illustrated exploration of Black culture at its most wildly imaginative and artistically ambitious, In the Black Fantastic assembles art and imagery from across the African diaspora. Embracing the mythic and the speculative, it recycles and reconfigures elements of fable, folklore, science fiction, spiritual