In this follow-up volume in the Black Fire—This Time series, over seventy-five poets
and writers come together on the ongoing theme of "Black is Beautiful, Black is
Powerful, Black is Home." Works ranging from poetry, fiction, essays, and drama cover
a wide range of Black literature. This "continuum" of writing, as coined by Volume 1
editor Kim McMillon, brings together legends of the Black Arts era with contemporary
writers in the tradition. This edition includes a hallmark work from the Black Arts era,
We Own the Night by playwright and one of the last living legends Jimmy Garrett.
Volume 2 of Black Fire—This Time will educate and inspire the next generation.

Keisha-Gaye Anderson is a Jamaican-born poet, author, and visual artist based in Brooklyn whose
books include A Spell for Living, Everything Is Necessary, and Gathering the Waters. Her poetry, fiction, and essays have been widely published in national literary journals, magazines, and anthologies.
Raheem Curry is a writer out of Kensington, Philadelphia. He is inspired by James Baldwin, Malcolm X, Etheridge Knight, and Huey Newton. He hopes his writings does what writings did for him: changed the trajectory of his life. He is in the works of publishing his second book.
Cole Eubanks of Mays Landing NJ is retired as an educator from the Philadelphia and Atlantic City School Districts. He is Pushcart nominated and his work can be found in Sugar House Review, Poems from the Pandemic Years, The Journal of Baha’i Studies, Shamrock, MiGoZine.
Theodore A. Harris is a Philadelphia-based visual artist and poet, whose work has been exhibited internationally. He is the co-founder of the Anti-Graffiti Network/Philadelphia Mural Arts Program and is the Founding Artistic Director of The Institute for Advanced Study in Black Aesthetics
Everett Hoagland is an emeritus professor of English at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, was the first poet laureate of New Bedford, MA, his work has appeared in numerous anthologies and several books, including …Here…: New and Selected Poems and Encounters: Poems about Race, Ethnicity, and Identity.
Chantal James lives in Washington, DC, and has been published across genres—as a poet, fiction writer, essayist, and book reviewer—in such venues as Catapult, Paste Magazine, Harvard’s Transition Magazine, The Bitter Southerner, and more. Her honors include a Fulbright fellowship in creative writing to Morocco.
Ewuare X. Osayande is the author of several books including Our Breath is the Whisper of Our Ancestors' Defiance: The Poetry Anthology (1993-2023) and Blood Luxury (introduction by Amiri Baraka). A former professor of African American Studies at Rutgers University, he is the founding editor of The Poetariat.
Elijah B Pringle, III is a Philadelphia born writer who has to his credit experience in Radio, TV, Stage and Film, has worked as a dancer, choreographer, actor, director, and vocalist. He is a much sought-after workshop facilitator for writing and performance. Mr. Pringle has been published globally in almost fifty anthologies.