A piercing collection of essays on racial tension in America and the ongoing fight for visibility,change, and lasting hope

There are stories that must be told.

Acclaimed novelist and scholarDaniel Blackhas spent a career writing into the unspoken, fleshing out, throughstorytelling, pain that cant be described.

Now, in his debut essay collection, Blackgives 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 HBCUstoqueer representation in the black church,Black on Blackcelebrates the resilience, fortitude, and survival of black people in a land where their body is always on display.

AsDaniel Blackreminds 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 Blackis cultural criticism at its openhearted best.