Black Under layers outward perception with internal truth to offer an almost-telescopic examination of the redundancies - and incongruences - of marginalization and hypervisibility. The poems here are confessional, just as they’re urgent and timely, experimental, and beautifully crafted, each fluid with grace, perhaps a pointer to the long and illustrious road ahead for this poet.Īshanti Anderson is a Black Queer Disabled poet, playwright, and screenwriter whose debut short poetry collection, Black Under, was selected for publication as the winner of the Black River Chapbook Competition hosted by Black Lawrence Press. In Spells of My Name, we come to find the musings of one whose path has already been laid out, who speaks to the unflinching power of naming, the act of reclamation to make peace with the past and open the window, allowing a bright future in. Her chapbook Spells of My Name is forthcoming with Newfound in 2021.

JONES is a queer American/Nigerian poet, essayist and former music journalist.

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