Fire and Ink is a powerful and impassioned anthology of stories, poems, interviews, and essays that confront some of the most pressing social issues of our day. Designed to inspire and inform, this collection embodies the concepts of breaking silence, bearing witness, resistance, and resilience...

Fire and Ink brings together, for the first time in one volume, politically engaged writing by poets, fiction writers, and essayists. Including many of our finest writers -- Martin Espada, June Jordan, Gloria Anzaldua, Sonia Sanchez, Carolyn Forche, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Alice Walker, Minnie Bruce Pratt, Li-Young Lee, and Jimmy Santiago Baca, among others -- this is an indispensable collection.

-- Frances Payne Adler, Debra Busman and Diana Garcia, eds.