Too Much Midnight

Name: Too Much Midnight
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SKU: 9781642591309
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By Krista Franklin

Series: BreakBeat Poets

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Too Much Midnight by Krista Franklin merges Pan African histories, Black Surrealism, and Afrofuturism with reflections on the violence experienced by Black people and other people of colour. Through 45 poems and 40 artworks, Franklin explores intersections of art and life, history and speculation, while envisioning radical possibilities and liberation amidst cultural and personal identity.
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Ideal for readers interested in contemporary poetry, Black history, and experimental art forms, as well as those drawn to socially conscious literature that combines powerful visuals with evocative language.

Krista Franklin's work emerges at the intersection of poetics, popular culture, and the dynamic histories of the African Diaspora.

Printed samples available on request National TV, radio, and print campaign, including interviews, features, and reviews Review copies and pitches to major dailies like New York Times, Chicago Tribune, etc. as well as online, Black interest, and poetry and art outlets like Poetry Magazine, Poets & Writers, The Root, Afropunk, Artforum, The Rumpus, Teen Vogue, Buzzfeed, The Fader, and many others. Major launch events in Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York City, as well as events in conjunction with the artist’s exhibitions Advertising in Poets and Writers, Poetry, as well as online at LitHub Publicity and promotion in conjunction with Krista Franklin’s exhibitions Promotion through social media: Haymarket Books has 61k Twitter followers and 54k Facebook fans Promotion through the network of BreakBeat Poets authors, supporters, and readers, as well as on the series website www.breakbeatpoets.com

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Krista Franklin 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 colour. She works to forge imaginative spaces for radical possibilities and visions of liberation.

Featuring 45 poems, 40 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.

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Critics praise Franklin’s work for its emotional depth and artistic precision. Eve L. Ewing calls it “truth-telling” with poetry that is “dark like midnight” and deeply moving. Fatimah Asghar highlights Franklin’s ability to sculpt language into a vivid collage that confronts the reader. The book is noted as a powerful synthesis of visual art and poetry, compelling readers to engage deeply with its themes.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781642591309

Publisher: Haymarket Books

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 07 April 2020

Country: United States

Imprint: Haymarket Books

Illustration: 40 Color Illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 254.0mm

Height: 228.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 120

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Arts & Culture Education & Reference Krista Franklin Non-Fiction Poetry Series: BreakBeat Poets

About the Author

Krista Franklin is a writer and visual artist whose work has appeared inPoetry,TheOffing,Black Camera,Copper Nickel,Callaloo,BOMB Magazine,Encyclopedia,Vol. F-KandL-Z, and the anthologiesThe End of Chiraq: A Literary Mixtape,The BreakBeatPoets: New American Poetry in the Age of Hip-HopandGathering Ground. Her chapbook of poems,Study of Love & Black Body, was published by Willow Books in 2012.

Too Much Midnight