BLACK IMAGINATION Black Voices on Black Futures

Multitalented writers/performers Daveed Diggs (HAMILTON) and Lena Waithe (QUEEN AND SLIM) bring warm tones of empathy and naturalism to their narrations of dozens of poems and short prose pieces written by some of America's most promising and edgier Black writers and performance artists. By its very nature, Black people discussing Black culture, Black sexuality, and the Black experience in America is a political act, but these marvelously personal bits of advice, reminisces, fantasies, and hopes take the listener well beyond mere proclamations to raw, intimate, unapologetic places. From declaring freedom from micromanagement to reaching for a lover in the dark and practicing "rituals for unerasing"--this stunning collection is delivered with compassion, humor, and grace. B.P. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2021, Portland, Maine [Published: APRIL 2021]