Dark Archives

By Andre Bradley Three saddle-stitched bookletsand two single-page insertsin foil-stamped, die-cut folder 6.75 x 9 in. / Second Printing  (maroon)Image Text Ithaca Press, 2016 Design by Elana Schlenker Dark Archives by artist Andre Bradley is a provocative exploration of one black man’s memories of childhood. An autobiography in fragments, Dark Archives interweaves Bradley’s writing and photographs with pictures from his family archive. Part story, part lyrical investigation, Dark Archives aims to upset the linguistic and visual constrictions placed on black males. Bradley powerfully combines image and text in this deeply moving meditation on narrative agency, on the family as archive, on being a young black man, and on being Andre Bradley.  - Q&A: Andre Bradley, Strange Fire Collective Fall Poetry Microreviews, Boston Review Andre Bradley, Of Color: Race & Identity in Artists' Books