David Grundy is the author A Black Arts Poetry Machine (Bloomsbury, 2019). A post-doctoral researcher at the University of Warwick, he previously taught literature and film at the University of Cambridge. Published work appears in Art Forum, American Literary History, Chicago Review, Jacket 2, Music and Literature, Social Text, and other venues. 
Activist & Political · African American · Drama
“Don’t talk to us about being killed”: Uptight and the Problem of Black Cinema in Hollywood
Like Dassin’s 1950 noir classic Night and the City, Uptight is shot predominantly at night, with oddly titled camera angles and bright, glaring colours, ironically organised around the shades of[…]
