The People Can Fly: American Promise, Black Prodigies, and the Greatest Miracle of All Time
Summer 2026Joshua Bennett · Little, Brown, and Company · 2026
In this work, Bennett offers a series of profiles, carefully wrought to see how some prominent figures were able to flourish from childhood forward. He closely reads their works for indications about how they understood the shape of their own lives. In so doing, Bennett underscores the significance of the social settings that prodigious talents grow up in. He also offers reflections on his own career trajectory and encounters with these artists, driving home their influence and meaning.