Akhona

By Darius Omar Williams

In this wrenching and spiritual collection, Darius Omar Williams takes a closer look at the institution of the black church using a specific language to highlight the joy, pain, highs and lows of sexuality, disease, homophobia, spiritual elitism and pre-mature death. With titles including "Blessed Assurance", "Rapture" and "Look at Your Neighbor", these poems chart the sexual and spiritual terrain of black gay experience in a confessional, blunt and praise-filled voice. Blending southern black church tradition with contemporary black gay culture, Williams's poems are fresh, original and long overdue.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0557584108
• ISBN13: 9780557584109
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 0.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"