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    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
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Cruel/Cruel

Cruel/Cruel

J. Stephens, Dior

Paperback

General Poetry

Publisher Price: $17.95

ISBN10: 1643621580
ISBN13: 9781643621586
Publisher: Nightboat Books
Published: Mar 14 2023
Pages: 104
Weight: 0.40
Height: 0.40 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
A response to the unimaginable cruelties that became our new quotidian in 2020, that moves musically and discursively through innovative permutations of lyric form.

CRUEL/CRUEL is the manifestation of a Black, queer voice grappling with the intricacies of (un)belonging and identity. These poems use genres of queerness and race to reckon with the pervasive power of oppressive institutions, shaped by art and a soundtrack of Black musical traditions of resistance: from jazz to soul to experimental to hip hop. A hybrid visual and literary object, CRUEL/CRUEL feels relentlessly present, and yet emphasizes the archival and documentary as intrinsic to our personal and collective survivals.

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