suddenly we by Evie Shockley (English) Paperback Book

Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE suddenly we by Evie Shockley Collection of poems making visible the interdependence of everyone and everything on Earth. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Evie Shockleys new poems invite us to dream - and work - toward a more capacious "we" In her new poetry collection, Evie Shockley mobilizes visual art, sound, and multilayered language to chart routes towards openings for the collective dreaming of a more capacious "we." How do we navigate between the urgency of our own becoming and the imperative insight that whoever we are, we are in relation to each other? Beginning with the visionary art of Black women like Alison Saar and Alma Thomas, Shockleys poems draw and forge a widening constellation of connections that help make visible the interdependence of everyone and everything on Earth. perched i am black, comely,a girl on the cusp of desire.my dangling toes take the restthe rest of my body refuses. spine upright,my pose proposes anticipation. i poisein copper-colored tension, intent onmanifesting my soul in the discouraging world. under the rough eyes of others, i stiffen. if i must be hard, it will be as a tree, alivewith change. inside me, a love of beauty riseslike sap, sprouts from my scalpand stretches forth. i send out my song, an ariablue and feathered, and grow toward it,choirs bare, but soon to bud. i amblack and becoming. - after Alison Saars Blue Bird Author Biography EVIE SHOCKLEY, (Jersey City, NJ) poet and scholar, is the Zora Neale Hurston Professor of English at Rutgers University. A Lannan Literary Award-winner, she is the author of multiple books of poetry including a half-red sea; the new black, which received the 2012 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award in Poetry; and semiautomatic, which was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2018. Table of Contents almas arkestral vision (or, farther out) we :: becoming & going perched no car for colored (+) ladies (or, miss wells goes off [on] the rails)? the blessings the beauties: third dimension blues-elegy for cheryl (in)site unseen sol(ace) song the lost track of time we :: uppity & down womens voting rights at one hundred (but whos counting?) ?nature studies fruitful dive in what does it mean to be human? in this light "the musician stands out" (or, le mus Review "This verbally and visually stirring outing from Shockley (Semiautomatic) offers a rewarding mix of short and long poems, elegies and odes, images, repetitions, and conversation with writers and artists Shockleys poems are risk-taking and significant"--Publishers Weekly"...an astonishing variety of poetic styles... and across all of it theres a sense of play and innovation..."--Brittney Edmonds, New Books Network"Evie Shockleys work is imbued with a particular kind of tenderness, for the world and for the self in the world. Its a savvy tenderness wedded to a type of vigilance that continually tracks the lines of the political and the personal, documenting where they meet and where they later separate again..."--Poetry Society of America"There is so much movement but also transformation. A blossoming, a birthing, a blooming that is really intriguing."--Dean Rader, Los Angeles Review of Books"Shockleys homophones and verbal play shred the sentence into its most basic units. The result is as charming and fun as it is political. Her book probes inheritance: what we inherit from history and from language."--Diana Mehta, Electric Lit"suddenly we sings the nuanced realities of Black life as homage, elegy, and polyphonic celebration striking at the core of remembrance. A deep and unfettered thinking, Shockley gives us shouts of joy amidst the drudge of a world unraveled."--Matthew Shenoda, author of Tahrir Suite Review Quote " suddenly we sings the nuanced realities of Black life as homage, elegy, and polyphonic celebration striking at the core of remembrance. A deep and unfettered thinking, Shockley gives us shouts of joy amidst the drudge of a world unraveled."--Matthew Shenoda, author of Tahrir Suite Feature Evie Shockleys new poems invite us to dream - and work - toward a more capacious "we". In this collection, Shockley mobilizes visual art, sound, and multilayered language. Details ISBN0819500453 Author Evie Shockley Publisher Wesleyan University Press Language English Year 2023 ISBN-10 0819500453 ISBN-13 9780819500458 Format Paperback Publication Date 2023-03-07 Series Wesleyan Poetry Series Imprint Wesleyan University Press Country of Publication United States Illustrations 3 b&w photos AU Release Date 2023-03-07 NZ Release Date 2023-03-07 US Release Date 2023-03-07 UK Release Date 2023-03-07 Pages 112 DEWEY 811.6 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICY No questions asked, 30 day returns! FREE DELIVERY No matter where you are in the UK, delivery is free. SECURE PAYMENT Peace of mind by paying through PayPal and eBay Buyer Protection TheNile_Item_ID:160112549;

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