The Global Reach of Black Lives Matter

Contributors to this issue explore how literature and critical theory prompt and respond to the social conditions that have given rise to Black Lives Matter (BLM) and its global counterparts. Working to make sense of the current moment, the authors bring new texts and tools to bear on both BLM specifically and the circumstances to which it responds. The authors are particularly interested in how literature, both past and present, has offered responses that might expand, complement, or even contradict the analytical framework posited by BLM.