Black Existentialism

<p><strong>About the Author:</strong></p><p><strong>JULIAN THOMAS</strong> is a poet acting teacher and youth mentor born<br>and raised in Tulsa Oklahoma. With deep family history in East Harlem<br>where he now teaches and resides Julian's Afro-Caribbean roots trace<br>back to Sierra Leone Grenada and Honduras.</p><p>Gravitating toward acting from an early age Julian Thomas is a graduate<br>of the renown theatre program at Northwestern University and has<br>performed his original poetry on outlets coast to coast including on<br>the St. Louis NBC news as well as Al Sharpton's National Action Network.</p><p>Along with a lengthy Shakespeare career playing roles such as Othello<br>King Lear and Theseus in Midsummer Night's Dream Julian has<br>narrated over 20 audiobooks in fiction and non-fiction.</p><p>Among these include Of Blood and Sweat; Black Lives and the Making<br>of White Power and Wealth by Clyde W. Ford; Hack Your Bureaucracy:<br>Get Things Done No Matter What Your Role on Any Team by Obama<br>Administration White House staff Marina Nitze and Nick Sinai and<br>Etan Thomas's We Matter; Athletes and Activism a collection of<br>essays and interviews exploring the social justice landscape of today.</p><p><br><strong>About the Book :</strong> </p><p>The poems in this book present a mosaic of modern life that reaches<br>back to the past to capture the pulse of the future. Tapping into topics<br>such as social justice economic disparity spiritual philosophy and<br>most of all love this book provides a compelling tribute to non<br>conformity and a celebration of those who defy social norms.<br>Often set against the backdrop of East Harlem 'El Barrio' New York<br>the poetry strides through complex intricacies of life and society with<br>vivid imagery and introspective musings.<br>The pieces come alive with the rhythms of jazz and blues music and<br>immerse the reader in an artistic journey of creativity. To read these<br>poems is to experience the culture. Engaging for ages young and old<br>alike Black Existentialism is a collection of writings that bridges<br>landmark poetic influences such as Amiri Baraka Sonia Sanchez<br>Gil Scott Heron Allen Ginsberg and many more with the cultural<br>vibrancy of the 21st century.</p>