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Cynthia Manick is the author of No Sweet Without Brine (Amistad, 2023) which received 5 stars from Roxane Gay and was selected as a New York Public Library Best Book of 2023; editor of The Future of Black: Afrofuturism, Black Comics, and Superhero Poetry; winner of the Lascaux Prize in Collected Poetry; and author of Blue Hallelujahs. She has received fellowships from Cave Canem, Hedgebrook, MacDowell Colony, and Château de la Napoule among other foundations. For 10 years she curated Soul Sister Revue, a quarterly reading series that promoted poetry as storytelling and featured emerging poets, poet laureates, and Pulitzer prize winners. Her poem "Things I Carry Into the World" was made into a film by Motionpoems, an organization dedicated t ...more

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	No Sweet Without Brine: Poems 4.34 avg rating — 121 ratings — published 2023 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Future of Black: Afrofuturism, Black Comics, and Superhero Poetry by Len Lawson (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Cynthia Manick (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Gary Jackson (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.31 avg rating — 36 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Furious Flower: Seeding the Future of African American Poetry by Joanne V. Gabbin (Editor), Lauren K. Alleyne (Editor), Rita Dove (Foreword) 4.56 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2019	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blue Hallelujahs 4.52 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Brooklyn Poets Anthology by Jason Koo (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Joe Pan (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Chris Roberts (Contributor) 4.54 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2017 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Soul Sister Revue: A Poetry Compilation by Cynthia Manick (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Hanif Abdurraqib (Contributor), Rico Frederick (Illustrator) 4.73 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Baffler (vol. xxi) by Jonathon Sturgeon (Editor), Alex Pareene (Contributor), Chloe Watlington (Contributor) 2.40 avg rating — 10 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Cossack Review: 3 by Christine Gosnay (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Ruben Quesada (Editor), Jaime Green (Contributor) 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Best of Kweli: An Aster(ix) Anthology, Spring 2017 by Angie Cruz (Editor), Laura Pegram (Editor), Cynthia Manick (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bone Bouquet: Volume 5, Issue 2: Fall 2014 by Krystal Languell (Editor), Trina Burke (Editor), Jeanine Deibel (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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