Black Psychedelic Revolution

“White supremacy is relentless, but so are we. Black Psychedelic Revolution helpsus see how we can begin to get free. Once that happens, we’ll be unstoppable.”—SIA HENRY, JD, senior policy associate, MAPS “Dr. Powers dares us to dream into existence a new reality in which psychedelic medicine gives Black people an opportunity to heal generations of trauma, allowing us to emerge whole, connected, and beautiful.”—SOI PIMI WITAN, Shipibo medicine practitioner “Black Psychedelic Revolution invites the working class to flip the table rather thanbeg for token seats.”—HEATHER HARVEY, cofounder of Black Revolutionary Theatre Workshop

Nicholas Powers is an Associate Professor of English at SUNY Old Westbury. Powers has presented talks and reports from the Psychedelic Renaissance since 2017. He has written for numerous psychedelic publications from Lucid News to Double Blind. Alongside published articles, he has given talks at Naropa University and Chacruna. Powers has published three books with Upset Press. The first is a book of poetry, the second a mix of reportage from disaster zones, protests, and Burning Man. The third is a political vampire novel. He regularly attends Wild Seeds Writers Retreat and Cave Canem Black poetry workshops. Powers lives in Brooklyn with his son.