“What does it mean to be Black and alive right now?” So begins Black Futures, a new anthology from Ki
“What does it mean to be Black and alive right now?” So begins Black Futures, a new anthology from Kimberly Drew and Jenna Wortham. Daniella Brito calls it an urgent text that “amuses, soothes, and heals” amid our tumultuous times. In other big book-related news, Printed Matter’s annual Art Book Fair returns this week. Debuting virtually, the fair looks poised to offer all the wondrous wares and programming we’ve come to expect from it — without the long lines and busy crowds with which we’ve long had to make our peace.Happy reading.—Dessane Lopez Cassell, Editor, Reviews | |
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The Modernist Poet Who Took on Colonialism Since Aimé Césaire’s death in 2008 at the age of 94, as democracies devolve into autocracies, his Discourse on Colonialism remains prescient about the barbarity that informs civilization. Tim Keane |
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Don Mee Choi’s Language of History Just as collage artists might paste a scrap of newsprint or a piece of rattan chair-bottom to their canvas, documentary poets form their poetic work from public records, firsthand accounts, and newspaper reports. Mark Scroggins |
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