The tradition of documenting the reality of Black life through prose, poetry, essays and academic books holds steadfast in this post-modern era. Here are two books that offer a myriad of perspectives from creative Black voices.
Lunar Phoenix is an upcoming collection of short stories, poetry and essays by an array of incredible Black writers. One of the 34 authors who have contributed to the book, Jordan A. McCray, describes Lunar Phoenix as a collection that “creates a channel for Black writers to define their experience as “I traverse through each and every space in this world, I know I matter equally in all of them.”
It is vitally important that the Black community supports such anthologies in order to preserve the literary expression of our artists.Black Age is a poignant book that journeys through the lifespans of the Black body since the emergence of trans-Atlantic slavery.
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