The words of these Black poets cut to the core of the human experience and the realities of being Black in America ...

Wilfried Raussert, American Studies "...the author offers contemporary readers and students alike a grand opportunity to capture in one book, a profound examination of modern currents in black poetry ...

Blues in Stereo (out November 19) includes his early poetry, handwritten journal ... The well-traveled writer centers the book around seven parts of his Black queer body, looking both inward ...