The Anthologist: A Compendium of Uncommon Collections

Three new anthologies, including The FSG Poetry Anthology.
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Three new anthologies, including The FSG Poetry Anthology.
Three new anthologies including Living Nations, Living Words: An Anthology of First Peoples Poetry and There’s a Revolution Outside, My Love: Letters From a Crisis.
Writer Rachel Syme’s pen pal matching program has connected more than nine thousand correspondents from over fifty countries during the pandemic.
“You place yourself in the story, and one by one you begin to fill in the holes the world has left behind.”
“How can I love a people who want to destroy me? How can I protect myself in that love?”
Eleven writers pen letters addressed to fellow Black writers, to their ancestors, to gatekeepers, to members of the media, and to allies, among others.
“I continue pushing and trudging through blanketing whiteness so heavy it often obstructs my vision.”
“I would like to be among the crop of Black writers who emerged from the ashes of a torched racist system.”
“The list of what you can’t do is endless because I know how quickly #blackboyjoy can become #sayhisname.”
“If you, too, hear the voice of white supremacy ringing in your ear, know that writing is resistance.”