The Trayvon Generation

"A meditation on the relationship between Black joy and Black pain, Elizabeth Alexander’s book of essays focuses on “The Trayvon Generation.” How did pervasive experiences and stories of anti-Black violence shape these young people and their views of the world and of themselves? Art by Black artists is interspersed throughout, but Alexander explains her work “is not a celebration, nor is it an elegy.” The Trayvon Generation is a reminder that humanity and freedom must be constantly reasserted, danced, sung, painted and proclaimed."