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Trouble the water : poems / by Derrick Austin ; foreword by Mary Szybist.
Van Pelt Library PS3601.U857 A6 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Austin, Derrick, 1989- author.
- Series:
- A. Poulin, Jr. new poets of America series ; v. 38.
- A. Poulin, Jr. New Poets of America Series ; no. 38
- Standardized Title:
- Poems. Selections
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Poetry.
- Genre:
- Poetry.
- Physical Description:
- 96 pages ; 23 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Rochester, NY : BOA Editions Ltd., 2016.
- Summary:
- "Rich in religious and artistic imagery, Trouble the Water is an intriguing exploration of race, sexuality, and identity, particularly where self-hood is in constant flux. These intimate, sensual poems interweave pop culture and history--moving from the Bible through several artistic eras--to interrogate what it means to be, as Austin says, fully human as a "queer, black body" in 21st century America"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Tidewater Psalm 15
- Devotions 16
- Okaloosa 17
- Pass-A-Grille 19
- Breakwater 20
- Torch Song 22
- Blaxploitation 23
- Bow Down 25
- Major Arcana: Judgment 27
- We're Standing on the Sun 28
- Catacombs of San Callisto 31
- Sans Souci 32
- Illumination 38
- St. Sebastian's Executioner 40
- Byzantine Gold 42
- O-P-U-L-E-N-C-E 45
- City of Rivers:
- City of Rivers 47
- Crown Glass 48
- Fountain Statue 49
- Effigy Without a Body 50
- Antaeus 51
- Cathedral 52
- The Bait 53
- Little Gospels 54
- Ghost Slipper 55
- Conveyance 56
- No Union 57
- Heaven and Earth 58
- "Summertime" 61
- Deep water 62
- Apology 63
- Persian Blue 64
- Dominion 66
- Jezebel 68
- Cedars of Lebanon 69
- Blue 71
- Canaan 72
- Dead Gull 73
- Sleeping Alone 77
- St. Mathew's Pentecostal Church 78
- Primer for Sainthood 80
- Sweet Talk 81
- Magnolia 82
- Sweet Boys 84
- Visiting Mount Calvary Cemetery 85
- At the Grave of Zora Neale Hurston 86
- Vespers 87.
- ISBN:
- 9781942683049
- 1942683049
- OCLC:
- 920019098
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