TARA JEFFERSON, ANISFIELD BOOK AWARDS

WATCHING JOSHUA BENNETT PERFORM HIS POETRY IS SOMETHING LIKE WATCHING A BAPTIST PREACHER DELIVER A SUNDAY SERMON. ONCE ON STAGE, HIS FACE GROWS SERIOUS, HIS HANDS MOVE EMPHATICALLY AND HE PLAYS WITH VOLUME AND SILENCE IN HIS DELIVERY, USING BOTH TO DRIVE THE AUDIENCE TO A ROUSING “AMEN.”—TARA JEFFERSON, ANISFIELD BOOK AWARDS