Gutter Child is dystopian. Reid-Benta highlighted the importance of their range in genres and prose styles.
“There is a diversity of Black narratives […] that expands the scope of what it means to be Black,” Reid-Benta said.
Likewise, Richardson explained why the authors’ differences were valuable for both reaching and reflecting the lived experiences of a wide readership.
“It does not matter the form,” Richardson said. “Stories are a way of reaching other communities [….] By reading, people look at their lives differently.”
Martis and Ekwuyasi elaborated on Reid-Benta’s and Richardson’s points by referring to the potential of fiction and non-fiction stories to add truth to the public record of historical Black narratives.
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December 15, 2020 Joseph in front of his mural, Hope Through Ashes: A Requiem for Hogan’s Alley (Rochelle Leung)
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