{"product_id":"black-fire-this-time-volume-2-9798988165583","title":"Black Fire--This Time, Volume 2","description":"In this follow-up volume in the \u003ci\u003eBlack Fire\u003c\/i\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThis Time\u003c\/i\u003e series, over seventy-five poets and writers come together on the ongoing theme of \"Black is Beautiful, Black is Powerful, Black is Home.\" Works ranging from poetry, fiction, essays, and drama cover a wide range of Black literature. This \"continuum\" of writing, as coined by Volume 1 editor Kim McMillon, brings together legends of the Black Arts era with contemporary writers in the tradition. This edition includes a hallmark work from the Black Arts era, \u003ci\u003eWe Own the Night \u003c\/i\u003eby playwright and one of the last living legends Jimmy Garrett. Volume 2 of \u003ci\u003eBlack Fire\u003c\/i\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThis Time\u003c\/i\u003e will educate and inspire the next generation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDerrick Harriell\u003c\/b\u003e is director of the African American Studies Program and Ottilie Schillig Associate Professor of English and African American Studies at the University of Mississippi. His previous collections of poems include\u003ci\u003e Stripper in Wonderland, Cotton\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eRopes\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the 2014 Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Poetry Book Award. \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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University Press of Mississippi\/Aquarius Pres","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50543169536274,"sku":"9798988165583","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8ecc2bb9-c4b8-4dcf-b549-4ee468caf006.jpg?v=1731503966","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/black-fire-this-time-volume-2-9798988165583","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}