Everything Endless

by Linda D. Addison, Jamal Hodge

A cosmic collaboration between Science Fiction & Fantasy Association Grand Master Linda D. Addison and visionary versifier Jamal Hodge, Everything Endless, sheds brilliant light in dark times. With themes of creation, cosmos, the macroscopic and the microscopic, this collection tells the story of life itself and expresses fervent hope for a more creative future. Working in conversation, with alternating poems, the authors blend their unique voices and styles into a symphony of startling images. Never forgetting their roots, these Black poets bring the rhythm of call and response alive across the page with the laser focus of 10,000 suns.

Genres: Poetry

88 pages, Paperback

Published April 22, 2025

About the author

Linda D. Addison was born in Philadelphia in 1952. She is the oldest of nine children and received a bachelor of science in mathematics from Carnegie-Mellon University. She is the author of three collections: “Being Full of Light, Insubstantial”, “Consumed, Reduced to Beautiful Grey Ashes” and “Animated Objects” (Space & Time Books). Her work has also appeared in numerous publications, including Essence magazine, Asimov’s Science Fiction magazine and Doorways magazine,.

In 2001, Addison was the first African-American to win the HWA's Bram Stoker Award for superior achievement in poetry for “Consumed, Reduced to Beautiful Grey Ashes”. Other prominent recipients of this distinguished award include authors, Alice Sebold (Lovely Bones) and J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter Series).

She was honored with her second Bram Stoker Award for her third collection of poems titled “Being Full of Light, Insubstantial” (Space & Time Books).

She is the only author with fiction in three landmark anthologies that celebrate African-Americans speculative writers: the award-winning anthology Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction (Warner Aspect), Dark Dreams (Kensington), and Dark Thirst (Pocket Book).

Her work has made frequent appearances over the years on the honorable mention list for Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror and Year’s Best Science-Fiction.

Reviews

[Chloe Englefield · Rating 4 out of 5]

Disclaimer: Thanks to Netgalley and Addison for a E-ARC copy <3

Cosmic and Spectral poetry that makes sense in every aspect. I can't express how each poem made me feel as it covers everything from the big bang.

[E.D.E. Bell · Rating 5 out of 5]

This gorgeous collection lifts you above the troubles of the day and of the world, gives you a spin, stays as you ride it out, and then sets you back onto Earth with the caress of cosmic lines now gleaming around your soul.

[Stella Marchione · Rating 3 out of 5]

A new way to express in poetry. This was a really interesting and intelligent expression and collection.

[Wayne · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another enjoyable collection of poetry. I enjoyed both poets poems, and will be reading more from them in the future. #EverythingEndless #NetGalley

[Liam Cohen · Rating 5 out of 5]

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