The Black Period: On Personhood, Race, and Origin by Hafizah Augustus Geter Photography In the present

In the present

Building off the traditions of speculative writers such as Octavia Butler

an embrace of selfhood that prison authorities rejected

but also be a deadly reminder that repercussions are always harsher for women

Life magazine sent Gordon Parks to Alabama to document the daily realities of African Americans living under Jim Crow laws in the rural South

The Black Period: On Personhood, Race, and Origin by Hafizah Augustus Geter Photography In the presentAn acclaimed poet reclaims her origin story as the queer daughter of a Muslim Nigerian immigrant and a Black American visual artist in this groundbreaking memoir, combining lyrical prose, biting criticism, and haunting visuals.Hafizah Augustus Geter is a genuine artist, not bound by genre or form. Her only loyalty is the harrowing beauty of the truth.Tayari Jones, author of An American MarriageI say, the Black Period, and mean home in all its