Cruel/cruel
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.
90 pages, 2 editions
English edition · First published 2023 by Nightboat Books · ISBN 9781643621586
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2 editions
English
- Cruel/cruel · Nightboat Books · 2023 · ISBN 9781643621586 This page
- Cruel/cruel · Nightboat Books · 2023 · ISBN 9781643621937
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