Black Powerful

Black Voices Reimagine Revolution

Black Powerful
Natasha Marin
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Hardback
h190 x 133mm - 368pg
6 Sep 2022 US
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9781952119255
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Award-winning viral curator and poet Natasha Marin follows-up her acclaimed Black Imagination with a brilliant new collection of sharply-rendered, breathtaking reflections from more than two dozen Black voices. What does it sound like when you claim yourself? When do you feel most at home in yourself? What is your relationship to Africa, real or imagined? Black Powerful examines Black Americans' relationship with Africa and intersperses their reflections with Continental Africans' thoughts on Black Folx raised elsewhere in a monumental chorus of authentic joy, tragedy, and imagination. Black Powerful is one sacred act of witnessing. ' . . . Number one - there' s a book called Black Imagination. . . by a woman named Natasha Marin. It' s not technically a book for young people but I think young people could gain a lot from it. It' s simply just a collection of notes and moments by people who are not famous, but just saying how they feel about what it means to be black, and the beauty of blackness. ' - Jason Reynolds
"Gather these words around you like a prayer, a spell, a circle of protection. Each section of Black Powerful reinforces our magical presence on this Earth, beloveds reaching for one another across generations and metaphysical barriers. To enter into this book is to reclaim momentum in a world bent on our stagnation--and to remember Black power is perpetual. " --Monica Prince, author of How to Exterminate the Black Woman"Black Powerful is vibrantly validating. " --Keith Knight, creator of The K Chronicles"In Black Powerful, Natasha Marin has again curated a stunning collection of stories from deep in our Black imaginations. The short pieces featured here both dare everyone to consider the ways in which a better world is possible, and celebrate how much we currently have to lavish in. These pieces are connected by the ideas of where we are rooted, what we consider home internally and externally, and the ways in which we show up for ourselves. Where we have grown--not only where we have bent or broken--is where the power stems from. Each perspective and interlude calls to you, to invite you in to claim yourself. These voices will move and captivate you, and I look forward to returning to them when I am in need of a reminder of my own power. " --Katrina Otuonye"Black Powerful is an amulet, a treatise of affirmations, testimonies, and sketches that remind us of the enduring power of Black memory and our own eternal belonging. " --Amber Payne, co-editor in chief of The Emancipator"A proud chorus offers afrofuturistic visions, love, and a tall, cool glass of water for all kinfolk with hearts facing homeward. " --Ron Austin, author of Avery Colt Is a Snake, a Thief, a Liar"Natasha Marin' s Black Powerful is a beautiful convening of Black voices reflecting on what makes them rooted, powerful, and named. Black Powerful is a conjuring for a (re)imagined space of joy, a balm for our souls. " --Junie Desil, author of eat salt gaze at the ocean
Natasha Marin is a conceptual artist whose people-centered projects have circled the globe and have been recognized and acknowledged by Art Forum, the New York Times, the Washington Post, the LA Times, and others. In 2018, Marin manifested BLACK IMAGINATION: The States of Matter, The (g)Listening, and Ritual Objects-- a triptych of audio-based, conceptual art exhibitions in and around Seattle, WA. BLACK IMAGINATION is community-based, ongoing and continues to amplify, center, and hold sacred a diverse sample of Black voices including LGBTQIA+ black youth, incarcerated black women, black folks with disabilities, unsheltered black folks, and black children. Marin' s viral web-based project, Reparations, engaged a quarter of a million people worldwide in the practice of leveraging privilege, and earned Marin, a mother of two, death threats by the dozens. This is how she healed herself. + www. black-imagination. com
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781952119255
Published: 6 Sep 2022
Published In: United States
Imprint: McSweeney's Publishing
Publisher: McSweeney's Publishing
Format: Hardback
Height: 190mm
Width: 133mm
Pages: 368

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