Discovering Afro-surrealism helped me locate my writing within a legacy of uncanny and magical Black fiction. I am so glad I had a chance to recommend these absolutely wonderful books with @literaryhub.bsky.social!
P.C. Verrone
Read these essential Afro-surrealist works by Toni Morrison, August Wilson, Nalo Hopkinson, and more.
I was introduced to the term “Afro-Surrealism” through an interview in which Phillip B. Williams called it his preferred way to describe his novel Ours. The phrase was coined by Amiri Baraka in 197…