Nobody Knows

"Leonard A. Slade, Jr.'s poetry can pierce the heart or kiss the soul."


- - Kate Stephens

Poet and Playwright


Leonard A. Slade, Jr.'s latest collection of poems reflects the changing landscape in which we live. At times both reflective and impassioned, Nobody Knows explores racial politics, identity, love, friendship, isolation, and mortality. Combining erudition and emotion, these poems call for social consciousness while capturing quiet moments in the interior mind. These poems take us into the halls of universities, onto the streets of social movements, and into the heart of human nature.

- - Khahilia Shaw

J.D. Candidate 2017

Duke University School of Law


Leonard A. Slade, Jr., does what important poets have done for centuries: he highlights the important elements of life, so that after reading Nobody Knows, we are inspired to be better people. Individual poems made me laugh. Others almost made me shed a tear. This is a powerful, beautiful, moving, and inspiring collection of poems.

- - Donna Akiba Sullivan Harper, Ph.D.

Fuller E. Callaway Professor of

English, Spelman College