"Book Club is a reading group and think tank in Houston, Texas. Together, we investigate progressive, experimental, and provocative work by African American writers, with a particular focus on hard-to-find creative texts. The edited volume presents transcriptions, essays, e-mails, poems, polemics, fiction, questions, and concerns by: Regina Agu, Nathaniel Donnett, Quincy Flowers, Egie Ighile, Steffani Jemison, Otabenga Jones & Associates ..."
"Filled with reproductions of Kehinde Wiley's bold, colorful, and monumental work, this book encompasses the artist's various series of paintings as well as his sculptural work--which boldly explore ideas about race, power, and tradition. Celebrated for his classically styled paintings that depict African American men in heroic poses, Kehinde Wiley is among the expanding ranks of prominent black artists--such as Sanford Biggers, Yinka Sh ..."