Author of 5 books including The Big Smoke winner of Anisfield Wolf Book Award and finalist for the National Book Award HurstonWright Legacy Award and Pulitzer Prize Only the second Black Poet Laureate of Indiana in 76 years Work featured in Indianapolis Star L.A. Times New York Times NPR PBS and St. Louis Post Dispatch among other newspapers and media outlets Contributing artist Nicholas Galanin is also the singer for Ya Tseen on Sub Pop Records. Sub Pop has agreed to help promote the book. Me