Children's Nonfiction Biography
I See the Promised Land
A Life of Martin Luther King Jr.
- Publisher
- Groundwood Books Ltd
- Initial publish date
- Feb 2013
- Category
- Biography, 20th Century, African American
- Recommended Age
- 0 to 18
- Recommended Grade
- p to 12
- Recommended Reading age
- 0
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781554983292
- Publish Date
- Feb 2013
- List Price
- $16.95
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Description
African American writer, griot and blues singer Arthur Flowers and Indian scroll painter Manu Chitrakar combine their very distinctive storytelling traditions in an extraordinary jam session, creating this stunning graphic narrative-style biography of Martin Luther King Jr.
About the authors
Arthur Flowers teaches at Syracuse University in the English Department's MFA program in Creative Writing. A native of Memphis, he has been Executive Director of the Harlem Writers Guild and co-founder of the New Renaissance Writers Guild and the Pan African Literary Forum. He is a blues-based performance poet who considers himself literary heir to both the Western written tradition and the African oral one. He lives in Syracuse, New York.
Manu Chitrakar began painting when he was twelve years old. As a Patua scroll artist who sings and paints, he is part of a living art and performance tradition that is as open to contemporary news stories and politics as it is to ancient legend and myth. He was so inspired when he heard the story of Martin Luther King and the civil rights movement that he wanted to render it in his own artistic tradition. He lives and works in Naya Village in Bengal, India.
Editorial Reviews
This book is an intriguing biography, the content of which will stick with readers... Flowers's text is thought-provoking... excellent.
CM Magazine