| Author: | Julian Randall | ISBN: | 9780822986171 |
| Publisher: | University of Pittsburgh Press | Publication: | September 18, 2018 |
| Imprint: | University of Pittsburgh Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Julian Randall |
| ISBN: | 9780822986171 |
| Publisher: | University of Pittsburgh Press |
| Publication: | September 18, 2018 |
| Imprint: | University of Pittsburgh Press |
| Language: | English |
Winner of the 2017 Cave Canem Poetry Prize
Set against the backdrop of the Obama presidency, Julian Randall's Refuse documents a young biracial man's journey through the mythos of Blackness, Latinidad, family, sexuality and a hostile American landscape. Mapping the relationship between father and son caught in a lineage of grief and inherited Black trauma, Randall conjures reflections from mythical figures such as Icarus, Narcissus and the absent Frank Ocean. Not merely a story of the wound but the salve, Refuse is a poetry debut that accepts that every song must end before walking confidently into the next music
Winner of the 2017 Cave Canem Poetry Prize
Set against the backdrop of the Obama presidency, Julian Randall's Refuse documents a young biracial man's journey through the mythos of Blackness, Latinidad, family, sexuality and a hostile American landscape. Mapping the relationship between father and son caught in a lineage of grief and inherited Black trauma, Randall conjures reflections from mythical figures such as Icarus, Narcissus and the absent Frank Ocean. Not merely a story of the wound but the salve, Refuse is a poetry debut that accepts that every song must end before walking confidently into the next music
