& more black is full of “dance floor long division,” Hello Kitty lunchboxes, double-dutch, and “dyke dowry.“ It remixes the visions and vernaculars of Wangechi Mutu, Amiri Baraka, Erykah Badu, Glenn Ligon, and countless others.  It finds the music in Graceland quicksand and “Kanye’s alter ego.” “we be makeshift / bodies got too many mouths” t’ai freedom ford writes in these propulsive, poly-vocal, poly-verbal gems. This is a book holding spectacular spells, songs and instructions for freedom. ~Terrance Hayes

“…these sonnets sing the queer Black body electric with joy, with grief, with anger, and with a contagious freedom that drives me to want to dig deeper into my own body’s stories.” ~Darla Himeles

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“With internal rhymes and sprung rhythm, ford lets us know Black women have always controlled the universe, and they are quite capable of replacing it with a new one. It’s a joyful, celebratory and fierce declaration.” ~Deborah Bacharach

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“Gloriously confrontational, unyieldingly critical, and at times challenging, & more black offers a dynamic and creative space for the exploration of Black experiences. Above all, Ford’s collection is a skillful celebration of Blackness in a world rife with complicating dichotomies and divisive dualities.”

~Danielle Dudak

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