The Future of Black: Afrofuturism, Black Comics, and Superhero Poetry by Grisel Y. Acosta, Terrance Hayes, Tony Medina, A. Van Jordan, Yona Harvey, Avery R. Young, Lucille Clifton, Natalie J. Graham, Loretta Diane Walker, Anastacia Reneé, Douglas Kearney, Cynthia Manick, Gary Jackson, Glenis Redmond, T.J. Anderson III, Casey Rocheteau, Tracy K. Smith, Steven Leyva, Sheree Renée Thomas, Quincy Scott Jones, Tara Betts, Keith S. Wilson, Teri Ellen Cross Davis, Frank X Walker, Len Lawson, Amanda Johnston, Teri Elam, Ashley M. Jones, Gil Scott-Herron, Tim Seibles, Saida Agostini, Trace Howard DePass, Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon, Derrick Weston Brown, Cortney Lamar Charleston, Joshua Bennett, Rico Frederick, Dexter L. Booth, Rodney Wilder, Nikki Giovanni

The Future of Black: Afrofuturism, Black Comics, and Superhero Poetry

Grisel Y. Acosta, Terrance Hayes, Tony Medina, A. Van Jordan, Yona Harvey, Avery R. Young, Lucille Clifton, Natalie J. Graham, Loretta Diane Walker, Anastacia Reneé, Douglas Kearney, Cynthia Manick, Gary Jackson, Glenis Redmond, T.J. Anderson III, Casey Rocheteau, Tracy K. Smith, Steven Leyva, Sheree Renée Thomas, Quincy Scott Jones, Tara Betts, Keith S. Wilson, Teri Ellen Cross Davis, Frank X Walker, Len Lawson, Amanda Johnston, Teri Elam, Ashley M. Jones, Gil Scott-Herron, Tim Seibles, Saida Agostini, Trace Howard DePass, Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon, Derrick Weston Brown, Cortney Lamar Charleston, Joshua Bennett, Rico Frederick, Dexter L. Booth, Rodney Wilder, Nikki Giovanni

256 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

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This groundbreaking collection highlights work from poets who have written verse within this growing tradition, including Terrance Hayes, Lucille Clifton, Gill Scott-Heron, A. Van Jordan, Glenis Redmond, Tracy K. Smith, Teri Ellen Cross Davis, Jos...

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