born 2 Black hippies in Bloomington, MN

born 2 Black hippies is an excavation of black coming-of-age in the modern era. Through 44 poems, Daryl R. Thomas Jr. takes on black childhood through reflection, abstraction, and romanticisation. Naked in its portrayal, the story is not only one of modern youth and blackness, but a journey through growth and maturity. Enter it with a connective-curiosity or an unseen inner self- it is written to satisfy them both.