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Wail song : wading in the water at the end of the world / by Chaun Webster.
Van Pelt Library PS3623.E39575 W35 2023
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Webster, Chaun, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ontology--Poetry.
- Ontology.
- Black people--Race identity--Poetry.
- Black people.
- Enslaved persons--Poetry.
- Enslaved persons.
- Middle Passage--Poetry.
- Middle Passage.
- Human body--Poetry.
- Human body.
- Whales--Poetry.
- Whales.
- Genre:
- Poetry.
- Visual poetry.
- Concrete poetry.
- Experimental poetry.
- Physical Description:
- 107 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Wail song, or, Wading in the water at the end of the world
- Wail song
- Wading in the water at the end of the world
- Whale song
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Black Ocean, [2023]
- Summary:
- "Wail Song: or wading in the water at the end of the world is a multi-form long poem that offers an extended contemplation on being that lays bare how the construction of the human and the animal both rely on black abjection. Readers find themselves in the belly of the whale, and in that darkness, Wail Song asks readers how deep they are willing to wade in the water with blackness. The poems of Chaun Webster assume the world is not enough and is straining through each syllable, and with the end of the world in the rearview, they demand what we might do in blackened flesh with the time that remains"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Part 1. Wail
- Part 2. Wading.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9781939568687
- 1939568684
- OCLC:
- 1371835952
- Publisher Number:
- 99993853483
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