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Gumbo Ya Ya
eBook - Poems, Pitt Poetry Series
ISBN/EAN: 9780822988380
Umbreit-Nr.: 2963083
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: 72 S.
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Einband:
Keine Angabe
Erschienen am 21.09.2021
Auflage: 1/2021
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Format: EPUB
DRM: Adobe DRM
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- Winner, 2022 Lambda Literary Award for Bisexual PoetryWinner, 2022 Georgia Author of the Year (Poetry)Finalist, 2023 Kate Tufts Discovery AwardGumbo Ya Ya, Aurielle Marie's stunning debut, is a cauldron of hearty poems exploring race, gender, desire, and violence in the lives of Black gxrls, soaring against the backdrop of a contemporary South. These poems are loud, risky, and unapologetically rooted in the glory of Black gxrlhood. The collection opens with a heartrending indictment of injustice. What follows is a striking reimagination of the world, one where no Black gxrl dies "e;by the barrel of the law"e; or "e;for loving another Black gxrl."e; Part familial archival, part map of Black resistance, Gumbo Ya Ya catalogs the wide gamut of Black life at its intersections, with punching cultural commentary and a poetic voice that holds tenderness and sharpness in tandem. It asks us to chew upon both the rich meat and the tough gristle, and in doing so we walk away more whole than we began and thoroughly satisfied.