Black Bird Press News & Review: From the Archives: Marvin X--the USA's Rumi: Fly to Allah by
Marvin X, is more than poetry--it is singing/song, it is meditation, it is
spirit/flowing/flying, it is blackness celebrated, it is prophecy, it is life, is all of these things and
more, beyond articulation. Brother Marvin X is flying us/our/selves to Allah. And his strength is
not merely aesthetic....--Johari Amini, Negro Digest/Black World, 1969
(Her complete review is below)
Marvin X, is more than poetry--it is singing/song, it is meditation, it is
spirit/flowing/flying, it is blackness celebrated, it is prophecy, it is life, is all of these things and
more, beyond articulation. Brother Marvin X is flying us/our/selves to Allah. And his strength is
not merely aesthetic....--Johari Amini, Negro Digest/Black World, 1969
(Her complete review is below)