Fantasia for the Man in Blue (Stahlecker Selections) All Artisans blue-eyed children can devastate all

blue-eyed children can devastate all others—prays for her eyes to turn blue: so that she will be beautiful

an African immigrant with severe OCD

The confident Black narrator of this book is proud of everything that makes him who he is

Coconut Rice Pudding

menacing undercurrents among a group of teenagers explode in violence on a winter night

Fantasia for the Man in Blue (Stahlecker Selections) All Artisans blue-eyed children can devastate allIn his debut collection Fantasia for the Man in Blue, Tommye Blount orchestrates a chorus of distinct, unforgettable voices that speak to the experience of the black, queer body as a site of desire and violence. A black mans late night encounter with a police officerthe titular man in bluebecomes an extended meditation on a dangerous erotic fantasy. The late Luther Vandross, resurrected here in a suite of poems, addresses the contradiction between his