Improvise in the Amen Corner

Poetry. Art. African American Studies. Visionary artist and poet Larnell Custis Butler writes: "To make my drawings, I sit still and get very quiet. Then, a name will come into my mind, and then a face, and then that person's story will begin to come through me, and I write it down." IMPROVISE IN THE AMEN CORNER is a stunning collection of 48 portraits and poems that testify to African American lives of deep vexation and amazing grace.