The Souls of Free Folk
by Josiah Golson.
The Souls of Free Folk is an illustrated poem celebrating the African-American experience through the trials and triumphs of an artist’s coming-of-age story. It is a moving tribute to the power of culture and family in the struggle for personal growth.
About POLYPHEMUS PRESS
We publish contemporary art and poetry, mostly from the global south;
new encounters with the great texts of (mostly) the 20th century; and
dialogue between cultures, mostly eyewitness accounts.
Who is Polyphemus?
A fearsome cyclops in The Odyssey, the villain of Handel's Acis and Galatea, a mismatched lover in Ovid's Metamorphoses -- we think he was just 'misunderstood'. And we think there might be a lot to learn from a man whose name means "many words and stories".