Cultural Front: 28 Days & Ways of Thinking about Bad Men & Vulnerable Black Boys

In April 2020, my book Bad Men: Creative Touchstones of Black Writers was published by the University of Virginia Press. I was excited to have my second book out in the world. Ok, great. Unfortunately though, the world at that time was largely shutdown because of a global pandemic. I blogged a little about my book, but not nearly as much as I planned.

Well, in the spirit of "better late than never," this month, I'm producing several (at least 28) entries about my book, which highlights the ways bad men and vulnerable black boys served as creative touchstones for a range of African American writers.

Note: For a 30% discount, use the promo code 10FEB23 when and if purchasing the book on the University of Virginia Press site. (For February 2023 only).

The entries:

Day 1: Allen Iverson, Urban Legends, and Bad Men

Day 2: Vulnerable Black Boys

Day 3: Discovering Creativity Research

Day 4: A Poetic Trilogy of Bad Men

Day 5: Rebellious Ex-Slaves as Poetic Muses

Day 6: Sellouts as Muses

Day 7: The Sagas of Huey and Riley Freeman

Day 8: Trayvon Martin, Mike Brown, and Creative Productivity

Day 9: A checklist of poets covered in Bad Men

Day 10: Amiri Baraka's Onslaught of Poetic Jokes and Insults

Day 11: Cultural Catalogs and Creativity