NBA MUSLIMS BLACK MUSLIM READS BY LAYLA ABDULLAH POULOS

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“This collection demonstrates truths creative writing can reveal how the mind, body, and spirit can connect and the power of the Black Muslim imagination.” – Margari Aziza, executive director, Muslim Anti-Racism Collaborative “This unique anthology brings together the diverse, vibrant voices of independent Black Muslim writers who sweetly embrace, struggle with, and bring insight to the way Islam is lived every day in Black America.” – Edward E. Curtis IV, co-editor of the Journal of Africana ReligionsBlack Muslim authors tell hybrid stories. They fuse Islamic and American literary traditions. Like other African American writers, they use fiction to articulate their experiences, raise consciousness and effect social change.American literature is rich and variegated. So is Black Muslim literature. The Black Muslim Reads anthology includes a spectrum of fiction and non-fiction genres. Here, you’ll find poetry and prose; memoir; children’s stories; mysteries; and contemporary, romance, and urban fiction. All reflect their authors’ intersecting identities. All subvert the tenacious stereotype that associates being Muslim with being foreign. Native-born American Muslim writers take ownership of their faith and their citizenship and interweave them dynamically. In doing so, they reveal their layered, complex social and emotional experiences of being Black and Muslim in America.