Future Splendor Sounds
Our anthology, Future Splendor: Celebrating a New Renaissance, is designed to be a sensory experience. The written word is layered with sound from our curated playlist of Jazz, Afrobeats, Hip Hop, and Alternative R&B. Music is a companion to the themes weaved throughout the four sections of the collection: Vessels of Memory, Today’s Been So Surreal, Folded Worlds & Great Experiments, and Star Vision, Eyes on Tomorrow.
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Listen to selections from Future Splendor and vibe to the Future Splendor Sounds playlist below!
Russell Nichols
A reading of "Garden Project 2055" by Russell Nichols, a nomadic speculative fiction writer and journalist.
Featured in Vessels of Memory
Mia S. Willis
A reading of "My Black Boy, Outer Space" by Mia S. Willis, a Black performance poet from Charlotte, North Carolina.
Featured in Folded Worlds & Great Experiments
Jacqueline Rose
A reading of "You are the WE" by Jacqueline Rose, a Los Angeles-based poet currently in attendance as a Bachelor’s Program Liberal Arts major, emphasizing in Creative Writing.
Featured in Star Vision, Eyes on Tomorrow