The Black and LatinX Poetry Project

<p><span style=color: rgb(51 51 51);>The Black & LatinX Poetry Project is a poetic</span></p><p><span style=color: rgb(51 51 51);>anthology with 20 emerging poets from diverse</span></p><p><span style=color: rgb(51 51 51);>backgrounds. To this day the publishing industry</span></p><p><span style=color: rgb(51 51 51);>continues to underrepresent diverse writers and</span></p><p><span style=color: rgb(51 51 51);>as a result deny readers the power and beauty of</span></p><p><span style=color: rgb(51 51 51);>necessary voices. It is our hope that through an</span></p><p><span style=color: rgb(51 51 51);>inclusive collection like this we can amplify</span></p><p><span style=color: rgb(51 51 51);>relevant cultural narratives and shine a light on</span></p><p><span style=color: rgb(51 51 51);>the rich humanity contained within our stories.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgb(51 51 51);>There are those that would have us believe the</span></p><p><span style=color: rgb(51 51 51);>Black & LatinX poets are extinct or on their way to</span></p><p><span style=color: rgb(51 51 51);>becoming irrelevant. Nothing is further from the</span></p><p><span style=color: rgb(51 51 51);>truth. We are very much alive and we are everywhere.</span></p>