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Trouble the Water
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Mary Szybist (foreword by) and
Derrick Austin
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Boa Editions
Publication date
April 12, 2016
Pages
96
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781942683049
ISBN-10
1942683049
Dimensions
0.25 by 6.25 by 9 in.
Weight
0.34 lbs.
Original list price
$16.00
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description:
Winner of the A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize
Finalist for the 2017 Kate Tufts Discovery Award
Finalist for the 2017 Thom Gunn Award for Gay Poetry
Finalist for the 2017 Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry
Finalist for the Norma Farber First Book Award
Rich in religious and artistic imagery, Trouble the Water is an intriguing exploration of race, sexuality, and identity, particularly where self-hood is in constant flux. These intimate, sensual poems interweave pop culture and historymoving from the Bible through several artistic erasto interrogate what it means to be, as Austin says, fully human as a queer, black body” in 21st century America.
"'Expect poison of the standing water,' Blake warned, highlighting the dangers of imaginative stagnation. I’m now tempted to believe that Blake himself has sent us Derrick Austin and his remarkable collection, Trouble the Water. At once gospel and troubadour song, these deeply spiritual and expansively erotic poems are lucid, unflinching, urgent. This is an extraordinary debut." Mary Szybist, winner of the National Book Award
Finalist for the 2017 Kate Tufts Discovery Award
Finalist for the 2017 Thom Gunn Award for Gay Poetry
Finalist for the 2017 Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry
Finalist for the Norma Farber First Book Award
Rich in religious and artistic imagery, Trouble the Water is an intriguing exploration of race, sexuality, and identity, particularly where self-hood is in constant flux. These intimate, sensual poems interweave pop culture and historymoving from the Bible through several artistic erasto interrogate what it means to be, as Austin says, fully human as a queer, black body” in 21st century America.
"'Expect poison of the standing water,' Blake warned, highlighting the dangers of imaginative stagnation. I’m now tempted to believe that Blake himself has sent us Derrick Austin and his remarkable collection, Trouble the Water. At once gospel and troubadour song, these deeply spiritual and expansively erotic poems are lucid, unflinching, urgent. This is an extraordinary debut." Mary Szybist, winner of the National Book Award
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With Derrick Austin |
from Boa Editions (April 12, 2016)
9781942683049 | details & prices | 96 pages | 6.25 × 9.00 × 0.25 in. | 0.34 lbs | List price $16.00
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