{"product_id":"black-fire-this-time-paperback","title":"Black Fire--This Time, Volume 1 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKim McMillon\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eKofi Antwi\u003c\/b\u003e , \u003cb\u003eIshmael Reed\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis anthology, nearly sixty years in the making, features over one hundred poets and writers on the theme of \"Black is Beautiful, Black is Powerful, Black is Home.\" Exploring the past, present, and future of Black writing, this collection bridges many of the founders of the Black Arts Movement--including Nikki Giovanni, Sonia Sanchez, Haki Madhubuti, Amiri Baraka, Wanda Coleman, Dudley Randall, Eugene B. Redmond, and Askia Touré--with contemporary established writers in the tradition such as brian g. gilmore--to Ishmael Reed's \"younger generation\"--Karla Brundage, Allison E. Francis, Tongo Eisen-Martin, and C. Liegh McInnis. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDesigned as an open conversation between generations bridging hearts and minds across decades, \u003ci\u003eBlack Fire--This Time\u003c\/i\u003e's works are rooted in preservation, reverence, and discovery. Several little-known works are included for the first time. New works--from established writers as well as emerging talent--share this historic debut. \u003ci\u003eBlack Fire--This Time\u003c\/i\u003e also stands out for its inclusion of many voices that were underrepresented in previous anthologies, most notably \u003ci\u003eBlack Fire: An Anthology of Afro-American Writing \u003c\/i\u003e(1968) and its ancestor, \u003ci\u003eThe New Negro\u003c\/i\u003e (1925). The works of writers such as Nikki Giovanni and James Baldwin provide a more complete view of the myriad perspectives on Black identity and writing.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKim McMillon\u003c\/b\u003e is a contributor to the anthology \u003ci\u003eSome Other Blues: New Perspectives on Amiri Baraka\u003c\/i\u003e. She produced the Dillard University-Harvard's Hutchins Center Black Arts Movement Conference in 2016 in New Orleans, and she was a guest editor for \u003ci\u003eThe Journal of PAN African Studies\u003c\/i\u003e' special edition on the Black Arts Movement. \u003cb\u003eKofi Antwi\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer of poetry, nonfiction, and fiction. He is a graduate of St. Joseph's College MFA creative writing program, where he teaches English. Born in Brooklyn and raised in Staten Island by parents of Ghanaian descent, Antwi's poetry has been published by ​​\u003ci\u003eWriters Guild, Agbowo, Rise Up, Gumbo Media, Kalahari Review, Breadcrumbs\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRigorous\u003c\/i\u003e. Antwi has a forthcoming poetry chapbook with Kattywompus Press titled \u003ci\u003eTidal Wave\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 494\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.11 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42097030791303,"sku":"9781737987673","price":75.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/198387ac2be04872fb882ba35d8f3bf2.webp?v=1732347626","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/black-fire-this-time-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}