Joy Has a Sound: Black Sonic Visions

Bys: Anastacia-Rene? Tolbert, Mary Edwards, Jerrell Davis

An anthology of Black art, poetry, prose, scores, scripts and silences

This anthology is a poly-vocal, visually stunning answer to the question, What are the sounds of community and how they are handed down? A home for Black art and culture in Seattle's Central District, with this anthology Wa Na Wari makes a home for the essays, poetry, scores, scripts and silences of the Black poets, musicians, artists and scholars assembled by editors Rachel Kessler and Elisheba Johnson to wonder about the time-traveling, place-making power of sound.

Contributors: Anastacia-Rene?, Kamari Bright, Thione Diop, Mary Edwards, Rachael F., Aricka Foreman, Rell Be Free, Amir George, Chantal Gibson, Walis Johnson, JusMoni, Ana?s Maviel, Larry Mizell Jr., Okanomod?, and Christina Sharpe

Poetry. Fiction. Anthology. Diaspora.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 173792580X
• ISBN13: 9781737925804
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: 3rd Thing
• Length: 165 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.9" x 8.0"