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Crossbones on my life / Mason J.

Van Pelt Library PS3610.A2416 C76 2021
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
J., Mason (Poet), author.
Contributor:
Rosengarten Family Fund.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
American poetry--21st century.
American poetry.
Genre:
Autobiographical poetry.
Poetry.
Physical Description:
64 pages ; 18 cm
Place of Publication:
Oakland, CA : Nomadic Press, [2021]
Summary:
"Crossbones on My Life borrows its title from an invocation by Assotto Saint and honors the memory of snap queens, black lesbians, gay latinos, two-spirit natives, feral city youth, trans icons, and 'round the way girls. This debut chapbook from Mason J. chronicles their first-hand experiences with the HIV pandemic, brown girlhood, and sexuality, urban development/gay meccas, queercore cruising, leather daddies, Ghostship, gender identity, hood life, love, loss of a hometown, and more." -- Publisher's website.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 San Francisco
Western Addition Blues, 2015
Helicopters in 'Hoods, 2016
San Francisco As Grandmother, 2020
The Fruit Man At Midtown, 2015
Did You Know California Was Named After A Black Dyke? 2014
In Sleep Nextto Black Bodies, 2019
Ndn Summer, 2020
Trauma Is A Somatic Rust Stain, 2014
pt. 2 Lost And Found: Aids, Love, And Grief
Dementia Pantoum (All Of My Uncles Are Dead), 2013
Do You Remember The Aids War? 2019
Puppy Love (Inspired By Justin Chin's "Zoo Animals"), 2015
For Calloutqueen Aka Mark Aguhar, 2012
Good Morning Gorgeous, For Sylvester 2020 (Post-Rona)
pt. 3 Techie Becky And Start-Up Steve
Workplace Bingo 2017
Ways To Stay Sane Despite It All, 2016 (Election Season)
The Reprogramming Of A City, 2018
An Ode To Sfs Cracked A Concrete Smile, 2016
What Makes A Garden Different From A Graveyard? 2013
For Savvy Taggers With Aerosol Breath, 2016
UNDERTOWS OF GRIEF (POST-GHOST SHIP FREEWRITES) 2016
Dec 4Th
Dec 6Th
Dec 7Th
A Lucid Dream, 2014
On The Weight Of Being A Unicorn, 2014
For Kameyo Ige 2017
Mornings In Bed, 2014
pt. 4 Gender Secessionism
Invisible Ink + Divination, 2019
Villanelle For The Violence Trans People Are Supposed To Accept 2018
A Toast To Trans Fags Of All Genders, 2019
Singing Again, 2019
The Impossible Black Trans Fag Or 32-Some-Odd Ways To Become One Mason J. To Assotto Saint Reacting To "Women" By Nicanor Parra Responding To "Men" By Erica Fong, 2019
Walking With Women Of Color Who Stare At Their Feet When They're Alone, 2014
96,000 To 47,000 / Clogged Gills, 2015
pt. 5 Flowers For Snap Queens
For Marlon Riggs, The Pomo Afrohomos, Ed Mock, Sylvester, And My Uncles, 2019
Seeds In The Schoolyard, 2018
The Best Time To Seed Fruit Is Late Augustto Late September, 2016
pt. 6 Haikus 2010-2020
pt. 7 This Is Your Mind On Corona
Native Echolocation In The Time Of Corona
The Best Protest Is Beauty
I Will Heal-Prayers To The Wind
E.R. Freewrites 1 & 2
Relearning How To Read/Write After Corona #1.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
ISBN:
9781736396315
1736396315
OCLC:
1247829364

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