3 Books Published by Payback Press on AALBC — Book Cover Collage

Six years after his last solo publication, Lemn Sissay brings together the experiences of those intervening years in a stunning new collection, Morning Breaks in the Elevator. In Sissay’s work, we witness declamation being honed and brought to fine art, establishing his reputation as one of the UK’s foremost poets as he ably moves from loud protest through to quiet reflection.

Promoting a new wave of Black poetry, this anthology comes from a distinctly urban viewpoint. Inspired and influenced by their roots, reggae and hip-hop, the collection is edited by the Black BBC personality Lemn Sissay.

This third omnibus edition from the Harlem Cycle sees three more novels featuring Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones. The novels include: Cotton Comes to Harlem, Blind Man with a Pistol and Plan B. Chester Himes is the author of A Rage in Harlem and The Real Cool Killers.