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Even Extinction Couldn’t Stop Them. Something moves in the trees. A blur of claws. The glint of razor-sharp teeth. You register the danger a heartbeat too late. Feathers explode from the shadows as a roar tears through the air—ancient, furious, impossible. The ground trembles as the creature charges straight for you, and all you can do is stare back in paralyzed disbelief. Twelve dinosaur stories. Twelve lethal creatures dragged from a world that should have stayed in the past. They were never meant to share the same stage with humanity… yet here they are—hungry, hunting, and very much alive.

Whiting award-winning poet and Distinguished Chair of Humanities at MIT, Dr. Joshua Bennett creates a masterful synthesis of personal narrative and history that illuminates the promises and perils of being labelled a Black prodigy. If our gifts aren’t earned, but given, then what do they...

This poetic picture book is an ode to life's quiet, gentle moments and all the strength, wonder, and love they contain. From daybreak to moonrise, one family savors the quiet things: The first yawn of a sunlit morning. A whispery shout in the library. The goodbye hug before school. The tick of a...

Are you preparing to take the gospel to the nations? You’ve said “yes” to God’s call to go, and now you will pack up your things and step into the unknown of a new location, people, and culture. The following years will likely include great joy, frustration, homesickness, difficulty, and...

Bloomsbury presents Owed written and read by Joshua Bennett. From a 2021 Whiting Award and Guggenheim Fellow recipient, a 'rhapsodic, rigorous poetry collection, which pays homage to everyday Black experience in the US' (New Yorker) Selected as a book of the year by the Telegraph...

Behind every business is an origin story. On this podcast, QuickBooks—the source of truth for small and growing businesses worldwide—delves into what it really means to start, run, and grow a successful business, straight from the owner themselves.

The first volume in an anthology series that amplifies the voices of unsung Black poets to paint a more robust picture of our national past, and of the Black literary imagination, with a foreword by Tracy K. Smith A Penguin Classic Joshua Bennett and Jesse McCarthy repeatedly found themselves...

Winner of the Paterson Poetry Prize, and longlisted for the Griffin Prize and the Massachusetts Book Award An acclaimed poet further extends his range into the realm of speculative fiction, while addressing issues as varied as abolition, Black ecological consciousness, and the boundless promise...

From a 2021 Whiting Award and Guggenheim Fellow recipient, a “rhapsodic, rigorous poetry collection, which pays homage to everyday Black experience in the U.S.” (The New Yorker) Gregory Pardlo described Joshua Bennett's first collection of poetry, The Sobbing School, as an "arresting debut"...

Join Rabbi Josh Bennett from Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, Michigan as he explores enlightenment moments in life that truly WAKE US UP!!! Welcome to “Waking Up TO LIFE With Rabbi Josh” – a podcast built around conversations with people in our community who have found enlightenment in their lives. While these events may not seem life-changing, our conversation will reveal how these moments shape the way my guests see the world. This informal conversation and insights from Jewish tradition may change your life as well. And if not, it’s just 18 minutes with me! L’chayim! To Life! ...

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR A “rich hybrid of memoir and history” (The New Yorker) of the literary art form that has transformed the cultural landscape, by one of its influential practitioners, an award-winning poet, professor, and slam champion “Bennett…transport[s] us...

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Did you know that according to science’s founder, Rene Descartes, science was formed by a Divine visit from God on the night of November 10th, 1619? So believers of science must believe in God, Who through ancient scripture warns you are in a second civil war; and most Hebrew Bible, end-time prophecies came true since the COVID pandemic in 2020 AD. God warns through His prophets that this disease was intentionally launched by the ruler of the “Land of 10 Kingdoms,” unified China’s first, historic name.

Bloomsbury presents The Study of Human Life written and read by Joshua Bennett **Winner of the Paterson Poetry Prize** **Longlisted for the Griffin Prize and the Massachusetts Book Award** **Soon to be adapted for screen by Lena Waithe and Warner Bros.** An award-winning collection and novella...

From an award-winning poet praised for his “rhapsodic, rigorous” work (The New Yorker) comes an immersive meditation on kindship, collectivity, and environmental thought We (The People of The United States) is a book-length poem made to the measure of the modern world. Composed of 55...