Light for the World to See: A Thousand Words on Race and HopeFrom NPR correspondent and New York Times best selling author Kwame Alexander comes a powerful and provocative collection of poems that cuts to the heart of the entrenched racism and oppression in America and eloquently explores ongoing events. A book in the tradition of James Baldwin's "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

black male sexism

but she's albino

getting kisses from Grandma

which legally ended voter discrimination

Black Candle Women concocts an intoxicating potion of warmth

None of us are the same

" a Jamaican teenage boy is reunited with his mother in New York after eight years apart

A college student grapples with the space between chivalry and machismo in a tense encounter involving a nun

Write down insights

and sports

Sophia would much rather marry Erin

author Toni Morrison