The Seven Wonders of Stevie: Kwansabas

by Ran Walker

Overview

In The Seven Wonders of Stevie: Kwansabas, award-winning author Ran Walker pays homage to the musical brilliance and cultural legacy of Stevie Wonder through the disciplined elegance of kwansabas, a poetic form created by Dr. Eugene B. Redmond and rooted in the Black literary tradition.

With lyricism, reverence, and soul, Walker explores Wonder's sound, spirit, and influence, crafting a poetic celebration that resonates like a timeless groove. This collection is both tribute and testimony, a chorus of 49-word poems that reflects the wonder of Stevie and the wonder he inspires.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781961753204
Publisher:	Black + Square, LLC
Publication date:	02/03/2026
Pages:	94
Product dimensions:	4.37(w) x 7.00(h) x 0.26(d)

About the Author

Ran Walker (he/him) is the author of over 40 books. His short stories, flash fiction, microfiction, and poetry have appeared in a variety of anthologies and journals. He is the winner of the Indie Author Project's National Indie Author of the Year Award, the Black Caucus of the American Library Association Best Fiction Ebook Award, the Virginia Indie Author Project Award for Adult Fiction, and the Blind Corner Afrofuturism Microfiction Contest. Ran is an Associate Professor of English and Creative Writing at Hampton University and teaches with Writer's Digest University. He lives in Virginia with his wife and daughter.