Wine and Words is back! Join us as we feature Dr. Daniel Black's book, "Black on Black on our Resilience and Brillance in America."

FRIDAY, APRIL 28th, 2023 | 6:30PM - 8:30PM @ Hammonds House Museum

ABOUT THE BOOK

Award winning author Daniel Black (Don’t Cry for Me) returns with a piercing collection of essays on racial tension in America and the ongoing fight for visibility, change and lasting hope. The acclaimed novelist and scholar has spent a career writing into the unspoken, fleshing out through storytelling, pain that can’t be described. Daniel is a professor of African American studies at Clark Atlanta University and his works are inspired by Black experiences, history, and heritage in the South—encompassing themes of race, religion, and sexuality. He is a powerful voice in the ongoing discussions around racial tension in America. Now, in his urgent and masterful debut essay collection, BLACK ON BLACK (on sale: January 31, 2023; Hanover Square Press), Black gives voice to the experiences of those who often find themselves on the margins. Tackling topics ranging from police brutality to the AIDS crisis to the role of HBCUs to queer representation in the Black church, BLACK ON BLACK celebrates the resilience, fortitude, and survival of black people in a land where their body is always on display.

As Daniel Black reminds us, while hope may be slow in coming, it always arrives, and when it does, it delivers beyond the imagination. Propulsive, intimate, and achingly relevant, BLACK ON BLACK is cultural criticism at its openhearted best.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Daniel Black is an author and professor of African American studies at Clark Atlanta University. His books include The Coming, Perfect Peace, They Tell Me of a Home, and Don’t Cry For Me. He is the winner of the Distinguished Writer Award from the Middle-Atlantic Writer's Association and has been nominated for the Townsend Prize for Fiction, the Ernest J. Gaines Award, and the Georgia Author of the Year Award. He was raised in Blackwell, Arkansas, and lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

ABOUT THE HOST

Michelle R. Gipson is the Publisher and Founder of Written magazine. She holds a B.A. and a M.A. from Hampton University, attended Stanford University's Executive Publishing Course, and Harvard University's Maynard Institute. A freelance writer, radio personality, and marketing and advertising executive, Ms. Gipson has been in publishing and media for more than 15 years. She has contributed to Essence, Chicken Soup for the African American Soul, Chicken Soup for the Recovering Soul, and Where Did Our Love Go: Love and relationship in the African American community.