I Know What the Red Clay Looks Like (The Voice and Vision of Black Women Writers (Expanded and Revised Edition))

This newly imagined edition of a classic work brings the work and musings of fifteen Black literary luminaries into conversation with a new generation of writers and readers.

The first edition of I Know What the Red Clay Looks Like, published in 1994, remains an essential text for readers of Black feminist literature in all genres. Featuring interviews with and excerpts by writers like Rita Dove, Pearl Cleage, Barbara Neely, June Jordan, and others, this indispensable work speaks to the intersections of politics and art-making along the lines of race, gender, sexuality, and class.

Now, writer and cultural critic Rebecca Carroll presents the original conversations alongside personalized introductions by some of the brightest voices in today’s literary world, including Donika Kelly, Safiya Sinclair, Diamond Sharp, and Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, among others. This new edition also includes an introductory poem by Morgan Parker, a foreword by Dr. Salamishah Tillet, and a new introduction by Carroll.

The new contributors carry the torch of the original interviewees’ lives and words with heart, rigor, gratitude, and radical imagination, illuminating how these conversations are about more than just writing—they are about life, relationships, joy, gratitude, wellness, and self-preservation. 

This book title, I Know What the Red Clay Looks Like (The Voice and Vision of Black Women Writers (Expanded and Revised Edition)), ISBN: 9798888902547, by Rebecca Carroll, Salamishah Tillet, published by Haymarket Books (December 3, 2024) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.

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