A Telling Room Anthology
“Since 2004, The Telling Room has been nurturing the voices and publishing the work of some of today’s most talented and inspiring young poets and writers. Organized into three sections mirroring the transitional stages from childhood into adulthood, A New Land packages 30 groundbreaking poems from The Telling Room’s first 15 years.
Follow one narrator as he revisits the winding river in Cameroon where he grew up. Feel how one of these poets feels when watching her younger brother grow into a black man in the world. Imagine the horror of a wildfire in the midst of climate change. Listen to one young woman describe the joys and tribulations of teenage motherhood. The poems here offer a stunning exploration of coming-of-age and a triumphant chorus of American youth, whose voices make up their “new land” and also reckon with the social issues that impact us all.”
A New Land is available now.
I had the honor of working directly with the thirty authors of A New Land and conceptualizing with each of them, a piece that they felt would best represent their poem. Each illustration incorporates elements of their work. All of the pieces shown were completed over three months. Revisions were kept to a tight schedule, with final alterations made the same day as their conceptualization.
