Joy is the Justice We Give Ourselves Black & African American Historical Fiction ” It is on the

” It is on the knife’s edge between fury and farce that the essays in this exquisite collection balance

including 10 newly discovered poems that have never been collected

author of F*ckface)

Mike is a Japanese American chef at a Mexican restaurant and Benson’s a black day care teacher

Elliott engages poets from the past two centuries to create a chorus of voices celebrating the creativity

Joy is the Justice We Give Ourselves Black & African American Historical Fiction ” It is on theFrom J. Drew Lanham, MacArthur "Genius" Grant recipient and author of Sparrow Envy: A Field Guide to Birds and Lesser Beasts, comes a sensuous new collection in his signature mix of poetry and prose. In gorgeous and timely pieces, Joy Is the Justice We Give Ourselves is a lush journey into wildness and Black being. Lanham notices nature through seasonal shifts, societal unrest, and deeply personal reflection and traces a path from bitter history to