The shoes of the fisherman's wife : poems / upfromsumdirt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Upfromsumdirt, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Black people--Poetry.

Black people.

Genre:

poetry.

Poetry

Poetry.

Physical Description:

142 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, [2025]

Summary:

"The shoes of the fisherman's wife are coated with Kentucky dust and soil. They travel across oceans to ask questions of Egypt's deities, of Mali's Mansa Musa, of Nigeria's musician-activist Fela Kuti. In sonically rich, surrealist poems with nature at their heart and a touch of absurdism, upfromsumdirt creates an experience on the page that is of our moment and beyond it. Simultaneously mythic and realist, this collection is an invitation to sway in a swell of Black love and to stomp in protest against the world's injustices. The voice in these poems is both intimate and international, welcoming us into his soul and taking us on a sweeping journey through the Black diaspora. In the process, upfromsumdirt demonstrates the complexity of Blackness by examining the portal of his own body through space and time and interrogating its binds." -- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9781985903456

1985903458

9781985903463

1985903466

OCLC:

1512911288

Publisher Number:

CIPO000270151