photo by Alice Keeney
photo by Everett Zuraw
photo by Sean Money and Elizabeth Fey Photography
photos by Diana Deaver
my new book
my new album
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my favorite song right now
my books
some poems
SC Literary Hall of Fame news (!)
poetry videos
Marcus Amaker - we deserve a world without war
we deserve a world without war (2025)
earth poems (a spoken word album - 2024)
Black Music Is (kids book - 2021)
thank you, LitHub and WildSam!
hold what makes you whole (2023)
the “empath” project (2018): a journal, poetry book, and album.
My opera with Gillian Rae Perry, “The Weight of Light"
my words, sung by Rhiannon Giddens
interview on PBS Newshour
interview in Washington Post

my work is featured on Shawn Okpebholo’s album, “Songs In Flight” - track 13, "Unknown: No. 3, An Echo, An Ending” was written by me and sung by Rhiannon Giddens
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vinyl + CDs
photo by Sally Mahon
photo by Sean Money and Elizabeth Fey Photography
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