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BLURBS

To be young, Gifted, and Black is to be alive, fighting to stay alive. Quartez Harris captures every inch of that fight in We Made It To School Alive. You will find yourself submerged into Quartez's poetry because it is a story you think you know until  you read his words. His writing is fearless because it has to be; he is writing from the pain and trauma systematically inflicted on the bodies of students of color within the walls of school buildings around the US. Harris' writing is truthful and captivating. I am in awe of his talent. The field of education needs Quartez Harris' work more than ever to explain the margins that need to be at the center. 

Betina Love 

Beyond the brilliance of his imagery, and the potency of metaphor, what Quatez Harris offers in We Made It To School Alive is a continuation in the legacy of black storytelling. He is a generous and thoughtful natattor-- an archivist of not only vulnerable landscapes, but also the noble people traversing them. This book is a brilliant force for the uplift of young black folks, and the people who love them

Hanif Abdurraqib