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In their bold debut poetry collection, Akwaeke Emezi―award-winning author of Freshwater, PET, The Death of Vivek Oji,and Dear Senthuran―imagines a new depth of belonging. Crafted of both divine and earthly materials, these poems travel from home to homesickness, tracing desire to surrender and abuse to survival, while mapping out a chosen family that includes the son of god, mary auntie, and magdalene with the chestnut eyes. Written from a spiritfirst perspective and celebrating the essence of self that is impossible to drown, kill, or reduce, Content Warning: Everything distills the radiant power and epic grief of a mischievous and wanting young deity, embodied.
In their bold debut poetry collection, Akwaeke Emezi―award-winning author of Freshwater, PET, The Death of Vivek Oji,and Dear Senthuran―imagines a new depth of belonging. Crafted of both divine and earthly materials, these poems travel from home to homesickness, tracing desire to surrender and abuse to survival, while mapping out a chosen family that includes the son of god, mary auntie, and magdalene with the chestnut eyes. Written from a spiritfirst perspective and celebrating the essence of self that is impossible to drown, kill, or reduce, Content Warning: Everything distills the radiant power and epic grief of a mischievous and wanting young deity, embodied.
In their bold debut poetry collection, Akwaeke Emezi―award-winning author of Freshwater, PET, The Death of Vivek Oji,and Dear Senthuran―imagines a new depth of belonging. Crafted of both divine and earthly materials, these poems travel from home to homesickness, tracing desire to surrender and abuse to survival, while mapping out a chosen family that includes the son of god, mary auntie, and magdalene with the chestnut eyes. Written from a spiritfirst perspective and celebrating the essence of self that is impossible to drown, kill, or reduce, Content Warning: Everything distills the radiant power and epic grief of a mischievous and wanting young deity, embodied.
Publcation Date: April 5, 2022
ISBN-10 : 1556596677
ISBN-13 : 978-1556596674
Author: Akwaeke Emezi
Publisher: Copper Canyon Press
Pages: 96
