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A fortune for your disaster : poems, by Hanif Abdurraqib

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In his much-anticipated follow-up to The Crown Ain't Worth Much, poet, essayist, biographer, and music critic Abdurraqib has written a book of poems about how one rebuilds oneself after a heartbreak, the kind that renders them a different version of themselves than the one they knew. It's a book about a mother's death, and finally admitting that Michael Jordan pushed off in the '98 finals. It's about forgiveness, and how none of the author's black friends wanted to listen to "Don't Stop Believin'." It's about wrestling with histories, personal and shared, and how black people can write about flowers at a time like this. Abdurraqib writes across different tones and registers, with humor and sadness, and uses touchstones from the world outside--from Marvin Gaye to Nikola Tesla to his neighbor's dogs--to create a mirror, inside of which every angle presents a new possibility." --
Language
eng
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Edition
First U.S. edition.
Extent
iv, 98 pages
Contents
  • The pledge
  • The turn
  • The prestige
Isbn
9781947793439
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Label
A fortune for your disaster : poems
Title
A fortune for your disaster
Title remainder
poems
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by Hanif Abdurraqib
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
In his much-anticipated follow-up to The Crown Ain't Worth Much, poet, essayist, biographer, and music critic Abdurraqib has written a book of poems about how one rebuilds oneself after a heartbreak, the kind that renders them a different version of themselves than the one they knew. It's a book about a mother's death, and finally admitting that Michael Jordan pushed off in the '98 finals. It's about forgiveness, and how none of the author's black friends wanted to listen to "Don't Stop Believin'." It's about wrestling with histories, personal and shared, and how black people can write about flowers at a time like this. Abdurraqib writes across different tones and registers, with humor and sadness, and uses touchstones from the world outside--from Marvin Gaye to Nikola Tesla to his neighbor's dogs--to create a mirror, inside of which every angle presents a new possibility." --
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1983-
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Abdurraqib, Hanif
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Literary form
poetry
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  • American poetry
  • POETRY / American / African American
  • POETRY / Subjects & Themes / Death, Grief, Loss
  • American poetry
  • American poetry
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A fortune for your disaster : poems, by Hanif Abdurraqib
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volume
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rdacarrier
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text
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  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • The pledge
  • The turn
  • The prestige
Control code
1084375484
Dimensions
23 cm
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Extent
iv, 98 pages
Isbn
9781947793439
Lccn
2019013318
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
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WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 655
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(OCoLC)1084375484
Label
A fortune for your disaster : poems, by Hanif Abdurraqib
Publication
Copyright
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • The pledge
  • The turn
  • The prestige
Control code
1084375484
Dimensions
23 cm
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Extent
iv, 98 pages
Isbn
9781947793439
Lccn
2019013318
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 655
System control number
(OCoLC)1084375484

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