JesusDevil, the parables / Alexis De Veaux ; foreword by adrienne maree brown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

De Veaux, Alexis, 1948- author.

Contributor:

brown, adrienne maree, writer of foreword.

Class of 1924 Book Fund.

Hiram G. Haney Fund.

Series:

Emergent strategy series ; no. 8.

Emergent strategy series ; no. 8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Black people--Fiction.

Black people.

African Americans--Fiction.

African Americans.

Gender-nonconforming people--Fiction.

Gender-nonconforming people.

Black queer people.

African American queer people.

Genre:

Fiction.

Physical Description:

140 pages ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

Chico, CA : AK Press, [2023]

Summary:

"Evocative and experimental, JesusDevil is a nonlinear tale of black life and spiritual expression. Writing in a style she calls "afiction," Alexis De Veaux expands and moves beyond traditional narrative, following the adventures of Fhill, a black, queer spirit who has taken human form. Neither male nor female, Fhill moves fluidly and disruptively across concepts of identity, passing through the nine "parables" that comprise this text. Examining aspects of what it means to be black and human--from a nonhuman perspective--Fhill's liminal nature redefines social and literary categories, exploring social constructions of blackness as well as themes of desire, memory, sex, revenge, and more. A daring new work and crowning achievement from a veteran storyteller"-- Amazon.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781849355063

1849355061

OCLC:

1345216802

Publisher Number:

99994168610