Too Much Midnight with Krista Franklin, Mahogany L. Browne & more (4-19-20)

Published: March 1, 2021, 6:17 p.m.

Haymarket Books, Bowery Poetry, and The BreakBeat Poets present: Krista Franklin\u2019s Too Much Midnight\n\nKrista Franklin will be joined by special guests Aricka Foreman, and avery r. young, for an event to launch her new book Too Much Midnight hosted by Mahogany L. Browne\nWhile this event is free for all to attend, we hope you\u2019ll consider making a donation to support the work of these artists. All donations received will be shared between the performers. \n\nhttps://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1460-too-much-midnight\n\n____________\n\nKrista Franklin\u2019s Too Much Midnight draws on Pan African histories, Black Surrealism, Afrofuturism, pop culture, art history, and the historical and present-day micro-to-macro violence inflicted upon Black people and other people of color, working to forge imaginative spaces for radical possibilities and visions of liberation.\n\nFeaturing 30 poems, 30 artworks, an author statement and an interview, Too Much Midnight chronicles the intersections between art and life, art and writing, the historical and the speculative, cultural and personal identity, the magical and the mundane.\n\nWatch the live event recording: https://youtu.be/t2KanIZv0O0\n\nBuy books from Haymarket: haymarketbooks.org\n\nFollow us on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks