Ours: Writing Black Communities | international literature festival berlin The 1830s in Ours, a town that cannot be found on any map: just north of St. Louis, the mysterious Saint gathers a utopian community to protect themselves from enslavement and violence. Phillip B. Wil...

Sunday, 14 September, Berlin | Conversation with #PhillipBWilliams about ‘Ours. Writing Black Communities’, 5 p.m. (in English audio language, wheelchair accessible)

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Profile picture of the writer Abdulrazak Gurnah (picture credit: Anna Weise)

Profile picture of the writer Phillip B. Williams (picture credit: Nicolas Nichols)

✨ Good morning and wonderful news for #Booksky #GermanBookSky #BlackSky

#AbdulrazakGurnah (Sa. 13.09) and #PhillipBWilliams (Su. 14.09) will be discussing their work with me at the international literature festival #berlin

Dear Communities - see you there?
Looking forward to it!

Profilbild vom Schriftsteller Abdulrazak Gurnah (Foto: Anna Weise)

Profilbild vom Schriftsteller Phillip B. Williams (Foto: Nicolas Nichols)

✨ Guten Morgen und schöne Nachrichten für #Booksky #GermanBookSky #BlackSky

#AbdulrazakGurnah (Sa. 13.09) und #PhillipBWilliams (So. 14.09) im Gespräch mit mir beim internationalen literaturfestival #berlin

Liebe Communitys - treffen wir uns dort?
Ich würde mich freuen!

(English weiter unten ⬇️)

Phillip B. Williams (born 1986)

Epithalamium A kiss. Train ride home from a late dinner, City Hall and document signing. Wasn't cold but we cuddled in an empty car, legal. Last month a couple of guys left a gay bar and were beaten with poles on the way to their car. No one called them faggot so no hate crime's documented. A beat down is what some pray for, a pulse left to count. We knew we weren't protected. We knew our rings were party favors, gold to steal the shine from. We couldn't protect us, knew the law wouldn't know how. Still, his beard across my brow, the burn of his cologne. When the train stopped, the people came on. - Phillip B. Williams

Phillip B. Williams: a poet of searing honesty and lyrical brilliance. 🔥 His work delves into identity, grief, and resilience, weaving vivid imagery with profound emotional depth. Celebrate his voice as a beacon of truth and artistry in contemporary poetry. #PhillipBWilliams #Poetry

Buchcover des Romans 《Ours. Die Stadt》 von Phillip B. Williams. Dt. Übersetzung erschienen 2024 bei S. Fischer.

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