Mental Fight: An Epic Poem

An epic poem touching on issues of racism, intolerance, and environmental destruction, from the Booker Prize–winning author.

There is much to celebrate in the human journey so far—art in all its forms, advances made in the fields of technology and medicine, and for many of us, the miracle of freedom. But there is also much to regret—racism, intolerance, the destruction of our environment, the reality and the legacy of slavery. In this long, sustained consideration of the state we find oursel...