In this follow-up volume in the Black Fire—This Time series, over seventy-five poets and writers come together on the ongoing theme of "Black is Beautiful, Black is Powerful, Black is Home." Works ranging from poetry, fiction, essays, and drama cover a wide range of Black literature. This "continuum" of writing, as coined by Volume 1 editor Kim McMillon, brings together legends of the Black Arts era with contemporary writers in the tradition. This edition includes a hallmark work from the Black Arts era, We Own the Night by playwright and one of the last living legends Jimmy Garrett. Volume 2 of Black Fire—This Time will educate and inspire the next generation.

The follow-up collection to the groundbreaking first anthology

Poetry collection by Jamaican-born poet, creative writer, visual artist, and media professional. After graduating from Syracuse University (Newhouse and College of Arts and Science), Anderson began her career in television production at CBS News, where she worked as an associate producer for long-form documentaries like "A&E Biography." She went on to work as an associate producer for "NOW With Bill Moyers." Her poetry and essays have appeared in a number of national literary magazines, journals, and anthologies.

"Ward takes James Baldwin's 1963 examination of race in America, The Fire Next Time, as a jumping off point for this ... collection of essays and poems about race from ... voices of her generation and our time"--

Poetry collection on the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Poetry collection by Rachelle Escamilla, Library of Congress Visiting Scholar. Escamilla is the producer and host of the longest running poetry radio show in the United States, Out of Our Minds, and the founder of the Poets & Writers Coalition at San Jose State University. From 2012- 2014 Rachelle lived in China where she co-founded The Sun Yat-sen University English-language Center for Creative Writing and headed a lecture series at the American Center of the United States Consulate of Guangzhou. She is the winner of the Virginia de Arujo Academy of American Poets prize and she teaches Creative Writing and Social Action at California State University Monterey Bay.