Anthologies of African American Writing

Soulfires: Young Black Men on Love and Violence

"Soulfires: Young Black Men on Love and Violence" . Ed. Daniel J. Wideman and Roham B. Preston. New York: Penguin, 1996. xxiii+398 pp.

Praisesong for the anonymous brothers / Peter J. Harris -- Haiku / Jake Wideman -- Letter to my brother, Everett, in prison / Michael Eric Dyson -- Magic / Tyehimba Jess -- Brother less / Tyehimba Jess -- To a lot of people, for many reasons -- / Matthew McGuire -- Letter to my brother / Rohan B. Preston -- Haiku / Jake Wideman -- Secrets / Charles W. Harvey -- To black folks and bass / Omar McRoberts -- Peace, dog / Jabari Asim -- American hunger / Tony Medina -- Soul survivor / Daniel Edwards -- shadowbox / Tyehimba Jess -- Chico / Brian Gilmore -- Ghetto thang / Carlos McBride -- violence is american / Michael Datcher -- Haiku / Jake Wideman -- A photograph of my mother / Jabari Asim -- Communion / Omar McRoberts -- I'm in love w/Jayne Cortez / Tony Medina -- Black boy, brown girl, brownstone / Colin Channer -- Window-frames / Ira Jones -- The jazzy jazz / Lenard Moore -- The poet man/spirit woman / Lenard Moore -- Eenie meany mynie mo / Glenn Davis -- King bee blues / George Elliott Clarke -- Violets for your furs / George Elliott Clarke -- Some days are not as lovely as love / Brother Yao -- Can't move no stone / George Elliott Clarke -- Chimp shrink & backward / Marc Nesbitt -- love no limit / Kevin Powell -- from A ticket 'til morning / Daniel J. Wideman -- is not a knife / Omar McRoberts -- trust (the rape of) / Tyehimba Jess -- Rio / Tony Medina -- Fist of blues I / Ira Jones -- Selling short / Charles W. Harvey -- When dogs bark / Charles W. Harvey -- Rappin' with John Singleton -- A talk with Michael Franti -- For Malcolm / Jake Wideman -- April 3-4, 1968 / George Elliott Clarke -- The martyrdom of el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz / George Elliott Clarke -- Days ahead and journeys / Jabari Asim -- Night vigil / Jabari Asim -- Deeper than memory / Jabari Asim -- Spitting image / Jabari Asim -- Daddy / anonymous -- Song for father / Omar McRoberts -- No character / Charles W. Harvey -- Eddy / Charles W. Harvey -- Haiku / Jake Wideman -- When niggas love revolution like they love the bulls / Tyehimba Jess -- South Central Olympics / Charlie Braxton -- the fire this time / Michael Datcher -- I dream of Jesus / Charlie Braxton -- Rock-star savior / Charlie Braxton -- Ruminations on violence and anonymity in our anti-black world / Lewis R. Gordon -- election day : u.s. of a.- -u. of s.a. / Tyehimba Jess -- The screaming of the silences / Kerry Riley -- black allegiance / Michael Datcher -- Their story / Thomas Glave -- Watercolour for negro expatriates in France / George Elliott Clarke -- Exile (wondering what happened to all the brothers) / Brother Yao -- The ballad of the sad chanteuse / Colin Channer -- On Africans and violence / Gregory A. Thomson -- Letter from foreign / Rohan B. Preston -- Look homeward, exile / George Elliott Clarke -- This is who I be / Carlos McBride -- Brother #2 / Brother Yao -- We live / Tyehimba Jess -- Who are we? / Michael Datcher.

• "Deepening our understanding of the young Black male experience, artists, poets, novelists, rappers, filmmakers, journalists, and romantics from socially and economically diverse backgrounds speak out in voices that both harmonize with and argue against each other. Gathered here to address the major themes of love and violence are works of fiction, as well as biography, poetry, letters, essays, eulogies, drama, love songs, and improvisational transcripts that give vivid voice to young Black men in the debate over African-American identity, history, and destiny" (publisher's description; WorldCat).

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