Light for the World to See Contemporary Literature & Fiction but it will never leave

but it will never leave the ground if you ignore the laws of physics

Hinton was sentenced to death by electrocution

Driven less by pleasure than compulsion

stays late without complaint

unaware of the dangers that lie ahead

Light for the World to See Contemporary Literature & Fiction but it will never leaveFrom NPR correspondent and New York Times bestselling author, Kwame Alexander, comes a powerful and provocative collection of poems that cut to the heart of the entrenched racism and oppression in America and eloquently explores ongoing events. A book in the tradition of James Baldwins A Report from Occupied Territory, Light for the World to See is a rap session on race. A lyrical response to the struggles of Black lives in our world . . . to Americas