| A Fortune for Your Disaster Contributor(s): Abdurraqib, Hanif (Author) |
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ISBN: 1947793438 ISBN-13: 9781947793439 Publisher: Tin House Books OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - African American - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - Death, Grief, Loss |
| Dewey: 811.6 |
| LCCN: 2019013318 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 7.4" W x 8.8" (0.50 lbs) 108 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Topical - Death/Dying |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In his much-anticipated follow-up to The Crown Ain't Worth Much, poet, essayist, biographer, and music critic Hanif 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 admitting that Michael Jordan pushed off, 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. Abdurraqib 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Abdurraqib, Hanif: - Hanif Abdurraqib is a poet, essayist. and cultural critic from Columbus, Ohio. His first poetry collection, The Crown Ain't Worth Much, was named a finalist for the Eric Hoffer Book Prize and was nominated for a Hurston-Wright Legacy Award. His collection of essays, They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us, was named a best book of 2017 by Buzzfeed, Esquire, NPR, Oprah Magazine, and Pitchfork, among others. His most recent book, a New York Times bestseller, is Go Ahead in the Rain, a biography of A Tribe Called Quest. |