The People Can Fly: American Promise, Black Prodigies, and the Greatest Miracle of All Time

$30.00 at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

by Joshua Bennett (Author) What does it mean to be deemed promising in an unjust world? The award-winning poet and MIT Distinguished Chair of the Humanities interrogates this question—and offers a more expansive vision of giftedness—in this striking, original work. “The People Can Fly will levitate your mind and enrich your soul." —Lena Waithe What does promise cost in America? Especially when that promise is seen as grounds to separate us from the communities we cherish, and framed as the key to success…