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Side Notes From The Archivist: Poems
Amistad
ISBN13:
9780063221710
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The award-winning, genre-crossing writer demonstrates her power as a funkadelic and formidable feminist voice in this rich and beautiful collection of verse and image--a multi-part retrospective that traverses time, space, and reality to illuminate the expansiveness of Black femme lives. Side Notes from the Archivist is a preservation of Black culture viewed through a feminist lens. The Archivist leads readers through poems that epitomize youthful renditions of a Black girl coming of age in Philadelphia's pre-funk '80s; episodic adventures of "the Black Girl" whose life is depicted through the white gaze; and selections of verse evincing affection for self and testimony to the magnificence within Black femme culture at-large. Every poem in Side Notes elevates and honestly illustrates the buoyancy of Blackness and the calamity of Black lives on earth. In her uniquely embracing and experimental style, Anastacia-Reneé documents these truths as celebrations of diverse subjects, from Solid Gold to halal hotdogs; as homages and reflections on iconic images, from Marsha P. Johnson to Aunt Jemima; and as critiques of systemic oppression forcing some to countdown their last heartbeat. From internet "Fame" to the toxicity of the white gaze, Side Notes from the Archivist cements Anastacia-Reneé role as a leading light in the womanist movement--an artist whose work is in conversation with advocates of Black culture and thought such as Audre Lorde, Amiri Baraka, and Nikki Giovanni.
- | Author: Anastacia-Renee
- | Publisher: Amistad
- | Publication Date: Mar 14, 2023
- | Number of Pages: 144 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 0063221713
- | ISBN-13: 9780063221710
- Author:
- Anastacia-Renee
- Publisher:
- Amistad
- Publication Date:
- Mar 14, 2023
- Number of pages:
- 144 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback
- ISBN-10:
- 0063221713
- ISBN-13:
- 9780063221710