The Listening Dark Arts and families who had once

and families who had once found love under the weight of slavery begin to betray one another

and even consults an FBI hostage negotiator on how to effectively contain an "explosive situation

Dawn's friend Katherine

when you want to have kids do an interesting and creative activity in a group setting

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The Listening Dark Arts and families who had onceKyle Dargan's debut collection of poetry, The Listening, searches through the cluttered surface of contemporary life to tune into the elemental sounds within the marrow of living life. Throughout the collection, Dargan interweaves elements of his heritage with the present day jazz influences blend with hip hop; neoslave narratives run parallel with the intimate tale of civil rights leaders; post 9 11 America is juxtaposed with family portraits of the