Motion joins some of Black Canada’s foremost writers from across generations in a mix of short fiction, poetry, dub poetry, and hip hop, explore history, community, love, and healing in IN THE BLACK.

Edited by Dr. Althea Prince, the collection consists of writing from Catherine Bain, George Elliott Clarke, Gayle Gonsalves, Joanne C. Hillhouse, Clifton Joseph, Dwayne Morgan, Motion, J-Wyze, Djanet Sears & Mansa Trotman.

About the Editor: Althea Prince was born in Antigua, the Caribbean, and has lived in Canada, the US, and England. She has taught  at York University and the University of Toronto, and now teaches at Ryerson University–The G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education, where she won the Kay Livingstone Award in 2011. Dr. Prince is known for her work as an essayist and fiction writer. Her published works include The Politics of Black Women’s Hair (cultural studies), Being Black (cultural studies), Loving This Man (novel),Ladies of the Night (stories), Feminisms and Womanisms: A Women’s Studies Reader (co-editor), and How the Starfish Got to the Sea (children).

Published by Insomniac Press.