Black Existentialism
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- €6.99
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- €6.99
Publisher Description
About the Book:
The poems in this poetry book present a mosaic of modern life that reaches back to the past to capture the prison healer pulse of the future. Tapping into normal people topics such as social justice, economic disparity, spiritual philosophy of fractured souls, and, most of all the name of the wind of love after the flood of feelings, this is the book of lost names that provides a compelling tribute to nonconformity and a celebration of those who defy social norms between two kingdoms of soul and body, Heart and Mind. The poetry addicted to you strides through the complex intricacies of life and society with vivid imagery all the light we cannot see and introspective musings. The pieces come alive with the rhythms of jazz and blues music and immerse the reader in an artistic journey of creativity. this Poetry Books narrate the poem by freedom writers of things no one taught us about love and the art of let it go by forgiving what you can't forget. The social justice with modern love and hearts still beating.
About the Poet:
JULIAN THOMAS is a poet, acting teacher, and youth mentor born and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma. With deep family history in East Harlem, where he now teaches and resides, Julian's Afro-Caribbean roots trace back to Sierra Leone, Grenada, and Honduras.
Gravitating toward acting from an early age, Julian Thomas is a graduate of the renown theatre program at Northwestern University and has performed his original poetry on outlets coast to coast, including on the St. Louis NBC news, as well as Al Sharpton's National Action Network.
Along with a lengthy Shakespeare career playing roles such as Othello, King Lear, and Theseus in Midsummer Night's Dream, Julian has narrated over 20 audiobooks in fiction and non-fiction.
Among these include "Of Blood and Sweat; Black Lives and the Making of White Power and Wealth" by Clyde W. Ford; "Hack Your Bureaucracy: Get Things Done No Matter What Your Role on Any Team" by Obama Administration White House staff Marina Nitze and Nick Sinai, and Etan Thomas's "We Matter; Athletes and Activism," a collection of essays and interviews exploring the social justice landscape of today.