Sequence One One Within - Jean Toomer Peers - Jean Toomer
Sequence Two A Second Inquisition (To Measure The Manner Of A Mind) - Lynette Yiadom-Boakye The Reactionary Poet - Ishmael Reed
Sequence Three By the Grace of Grace - Ishmael Reed
Sequence Four Ask Your Mama - Langston Hughes
Sequence Five Hoodoo Is What We Do - Greg Tate
Sequence Six Words That Build Bridges Toward a New Tongue - Quincy Troupe Dream in the Rhythm - Grace Wales Bonner Perpetual Choir Anthem - Robin Coste Lewis
Sequence Seven Ego Tripping! - Nikki Giovanni
Sequence Eight My Tower (Pretty Little Baby) - Nikki Giovanni
Sequence Nine Speech #38 (or Y We say it this way) - Amiri Baraka
Sequence Ten Not Looking - June Jordan
Afterword by Michelle Kuo
Grace Wales Bonner (born 1990) is the founder and artistic director of Wales Bonner. While she sees herself primarily as a researcher, her expansive artistic practice extends to curation, filmmaking, and publishing. In 2019 she curated her first institutional exhibition, A Time for New Dreams, at the Serpentine Gallery, London. She has recently launched a four-year project, Between Critique and Hope, at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, where she is lead researcher. The project attempts to use the poly-rhythmicality of Afro-Atlantic musical and artistic forms as the organizing principle for an alternative archival practice. For her work at Wales Bonner, she has received numerous awards, including the LVMH Young Designer Prize (2016) and the CFDA International Men's Designer of the Year (2021). She has also collaborated with brands including adidas Originals, Anderson & Sheppard, and Dior. https://walesbonner.net/pages/about
Michelle Kuo is The Marlene Hess Curator of Painting and Sculpture at The Museum of Modern Art, New York.