The Poetics of Difference: Queer Feminist Forms in the African Diaspora

The Poetics of Difference: Queer Feminist Forms in the African Diaspora by Mecca Jamilah Sullivan, an assistant professor of literatures in English at Bryn Mawr, ventures into the unexplored spaces of Black women’s queer creative theorizing. The book is part of UIP’s The New Black Studies Series, which highlights innovative scholarly works on Black theory and culture. (University of Illinois Press, 2021)

"Dr. Sullivan provides expert analysis of the complex queer creativities of Black women and their (re)inventions and (re)imaginings of meaning-making in vast literary forms." —Ms. Magazine