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This World Hasn’T Killed Us Yet, Marcus Jamison
This World Hasn’T Killed Us Yet, Marcus Jamison
Theses and Dissertations
This World Has Not Killed Us Yet is a collection of poems that engage with notions of imminent/inherent death as faced by the former slaves and their descendants within the United States, particularly in the U.S. South. These poems build from utilizing concepts of Judeo-Christian creation mythology to craft an alternate mythology for those who populate the poems. The collection also gives credence to the impact of gospel, blues, and jazz music on the temperament and adaptability of African Americans, as well as the role of community in fashioning a life worth living in the face of accelerated death. Together, …
Horsepower, Joy Priest
Horsepower, Joy Priest
Theses and Dissertations
Horsepower is a collection of poems curated to be a cinematic, black femme, escape narrative. The speaker, who is experiencing a self-imposed exile from her home, radically envisions waywardness as aspirational.
Beyond The Limits Of Sight, Catherine Ntube
Beyond The Limits Of Sight, Catherine Ntube
Theses and Dissertations
Beyond the Limits of Sight is a collection of poems exploring black diasporic identity through and beyond the silences that come to surround violence. In this experimental collection, black bars representing selective silence appear throughout the work, in protest of the compulsory release of licensing rights to the university and its corporate partners as a degree requirement, and in insistence that the poet be able to decide on what terms and via which platforms their voice enters the public sphere.
When We’Ve Left The Table, Lauren Rose Clark
When We’Ve Left The Table, Lauren Rose Clark
Theses and Dissertations
When We’ve Left the Table is a collection of poems that explores personal identity as it relates to family and upbringing, as well as grief in its various forms.
In The Way Back, Mark Rodehorst
In The Way Back, Mark Rodehorst
Theses and Dissertations
This is a collection of poems that explores the intersection of place, memory, culture, and identity.