Dear Angel of Death / Simone White.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

White, Simone, 1972- author.

Contributor:

Ugly Duckling Presse, publisher.

Series:

Dossier series (Brooklyn, NY)

Dossier series

Standardized Title:

Works. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American poetry--21st century.

American poetry.

Physical Description:

159 pages : illustrations (some color), facsimiles ; 22 cm.

Edition:

First edition, first printing, 2018.

Distribution:

[Berkeley, CA] : Distributed by SPD/Small Press Distribution.

Place of Publication:

Brooklyn, New York : Ugly Duckling Presse, [2018]

Summary:

"Half poems, half prose, Dear Angel of Death braids intimate and public thinking about forms of togetherness. Is one woman a mother, a person in an artworld, a "black"? What imaginary and real spirits are her guides? The title essay proposes disinvestment in the idea of the Music as the highest form of what blackness "is" and includes many forms: philosophical divergence on the problem of folds for black life, a close reading of Nathaniel Mackey's neverending novel From a Broken Bottle Traces of Perfume Still Emanate, and an impassioned defense-cum-dismissal of contemporary hip hop's convergence with capitalism" publisher's webpage. https://www.uglyducklingpresse.org/catalog/browse/item/?pubID=529

"Poetry. Literary Nonfiction. A meandering and dead-serious meditation challenging the centrality of Black Music to black poetry and black critical theory, Dear Angel of Death proposes disinvestment in the idea of the Music as the highest form of what blackness "is." This long essay includes many forms: philosophical divergence on the problem of folds for black life, a close reading of Nathaniel Mackey's neverending novel From a Broken Bottle Traces of Perfume Still Emanate, and an impassioned defense-cum-dismissal of contemporary hip hop's convergence with capitalism." Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Dear-Angel-Death-Simone-White/dp/1937027678

Notes:

"Edition of 1600 copies"--title page verso.

Poems and prose.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-158).

ISBN:

9781937027674

1937027678

OCLC:

1027963530

Publisher Number:

99977723388