ISBN: 9781949467673
Editorial: Blair
Autor: Jackson, Gary
Año de edición: 2021
N° Paginas: 234
Tipo de pasta: Pasta blanda
Descripción: The expansion of Marvel and DC Comics’ characters such as Black Panther, Luke Cage, and Black Lightning in film and on television has created a proliferation of poetry in this genre—receiving wide literary and popular attention.This groundbreaking collection highlights work from poets who have written verse within this growing tradition, including Terrance Hayes, Lucille Clifton, Gil Scott-Heron, A. Van Jordan, Glenis Redmond, Tracy K. Smith, Teri Ellen Cross Davis, Joshua Bennett, Douglas Kearney, Tara Betts, Frank X Walker, Tyree Daye, and others. In addition, the anthology will also feature the work of artists such as John Jennings and Najee Dorsey, showcasing their interpretations of superheroes, Black comic characters, Afrofuturistic images from the African diaspora.Review"A formidable collection of talent...The Future of Black is a necessary compendium of early 21st-century Afrofuturistic verse and thought."—Los Angeles Review of Books"Superstars of poetry have created work around both real-life and fictional superheroes in this innovative collection of poetry and art... This unique volume is a wonderful addition to library collections invested in the celebration of Black voices and Black visual art."—Booklist"The Future of Black is a marvel. Some of the best Black voices out there deconstructing subjects we've all come to know intimately. But not like this. Superheroes and superheroism, pop-culture and genre media are transmuted into poetry that is sharp and staggering. Pick this book up and savor it. You won't regret it."—Cadwell Turnbull, No Gods, No Monsters and The LessonAbout the AuthorGary Jackson is the author of the poetry collection Missing You, Metropolis (Graywolf, 2010), which received the 2009 Cave Canem Poetry Prize. His poems have appeared in numerous literary journals including Callaloo, Tin House, Los Angeles Review of Books, and Crab Orchard Review.Len Lawson is the author of Chime (Get Fresh Books, 2019), the chapbook Before the Night Wakes You (Finishing Line Press, 2017), and co-editor of Hand in Hand: Poets Respond to Race (Muddy Ford Press, 2017). He has received fellowships from Tin House, Callaloo, Vermont Studio Center, and Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. His website is www.lenlawson.co.Cynthia Manick is the author of Blue Hallelujahs (Black Lawrence Press, 2016), which won the 2016 Lascaux Prize in Collected Poetry, and editor of Soul Sister Revue: A Poetry Compilation (Jamii Publishing, 2019). She has received fellowships from Cave Canem, Hedgebrook, and MacDowell Colony. Her website is www.cynthiamanick.com.Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.final note to clarkby Lucille Cliftonthey had it wrong,the old comics.you are only clark kentafter all. oh,mild mannered mister,why did i think you could fix it?how you must have wonderedto see me taking chances,dancing on the edge of words,pointing out the bad guys,dreaming your x-ray visioncould see the beauty in me.what did i expect? whatdid i hope for? we are who we are,two faithful readers,not wonder woman and not superman.new note to clark kentafter Lucille Cliftonby Frank X Walkereven youare not hero enoughto lift half this country out from under so muchignorancenot with fake news and alternate truths tweetedaround the planet daily tongue-tying the dailyplanet.you can beat batman, bare-handed, but because dark moneybe biggeryou powerless against the kryptonite of rich man and hateManand if orange man was a comic character, if lex luthor had combover hair he would be elected president and DC wouldimmediately repeal marvelwhile you and an army, all white, all male, allprivileged fall out of the skyon sunday talk showsinsisting the sky isnʼt fallingSuperman’s Girlfriend Lois Lane No. 106for Clif, using words from the comic bookby Ashley M. Joneson this daily planet, my life is good luck, all supermen at my service―I should get the pulitzer pr
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