| Description |
8 unnumbered pages, 64 pages ; 22 cm. |
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Poems |
| Series |
BreakBeat poets series |
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BreakBeat poets series.
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| Summary |
This is about what grows through the wreckage. This is an anthem of survival and a look at what might come after. A view of what floats and what, ultimately, sustains. 'Build Yourself a Boat' redefines the language of collective and individual trauma through lyric and memory. |
| Contents |
(from table of contents) Lost poem 4: Rx -- Contouring the Flattening -- Cutting w/ JB -- Imagine??? My sister an astronaut??? -- Google search keywords: -- Things the block taught me -- White house -- Statement from Camonghne Felix on the murders of Jesse Washington, Stephon Clark and her attempt to understand the psychology of lynching: -- Thank God I can't drive -- Zimmerman testimonies: Day 1 -- Zimmerman testimonies: Day 2 -- Cutting w/ JB -- Google search keywords: -- Cutting w/ JB -- Trap queen -- On entropy -- Statement of being lonely vs. alone -- Lost poem #5: I won't even ask why -- Or, it's all in my head -- Google search keywords: -- Lesson, unmitigated -- No relief -- DISCLAIMER -- Mirror talk -- Police -- Grocery -- Sleeping on Adderall -- Zimmerman testimonies: Day 4 -- Tonya Harding's fur coats -- No shade, though -- "But in what way does the blending of two slightly different cells bring about such a renewal of life?" -Freud -- Cutting w/ JB -- After the abortion, an older white Planned Parenthood volunteer asks if my husband is here & squeezes my thigh and says, "You made the right decision," and then "Look what could happen if Trump were president, I mean, you might not even be here." -- Beer pong -- Zimmerman testimonies: Day 5 -- When I say the hood made me, I mean: -- Willing in the Orisha -- "But there were times when you offered your consent with older men. You chose them & you were not afraid. Why not?" -Freud -- Yes, it is possible. |
| Biography |
Camonghne Felix: MFA, Bard College ; M.A. (Arts Politics), NYU. |
| Subject |
Women, Black -- Poetry.
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American poetry -- 21st century.
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American poetry (OCoLC)fst00807348
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Women, Black (OCoLC)fst01178916
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| Chronological Term |
2000-2099
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| Genre/Form |
Poetry (OCoLC)fst01423828
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Poetry.
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| Added Title |
Poems. Selections
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| ISBN |
9781608466160 hardcover |
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1608466167 hardcover |
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9781608466115 paperback |
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1608466116 paperback |
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