| The Crown Ain't Worth Much Contributor(s): Abdurraqib, Hanif (Author) |
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ISBN: 1943735042 ISBN-13: 9781943735044 Publisher: Button Poetry OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - African American - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - Love & Erotica |
| Dewey: 811.6 |
| Series: Button Poetry |
| Physical Information: 0.31" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.40 lbs) 124 pages |
| Themes: - Holiday - Valentine's Day - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Crown Ain't Worth Much, Hanif Abdurraqib's first full-length collection, is a sharp and vulnerable portrayal of city life in the United States. A regular columnist for MTV.com, Abdurraqib brings his interest in pop culture to these poems, analyzing race, gender, family, and the love that finally holds us together even as it threatens to break us. Terrance Hayes writes that Abdurraqib "bridges the bravado and bling of praise with the blood and tears of elegy." The poems in this collection are challenging and accessible at once, as they seek to render real human voices in moments of tragedy and celebration. |
Contributor Bio(s): Abdurraqib, Hanif: - Hanif Abdurraqib is a poet, essayist, and cultural critic from Columbus, Ohio. He is the editor of Again I Wait For This To Pull Apart, an anthology of poems relating to music, released by Freezeray Press in 2015. His poetry has been published in Muzzle, Vinyl, PEN American, and various other journals. His essays and music criticism have been published in The FADER, Pitchfork, and The New York Times, and he is currently a columnist at MTV News. He has been nominated for the pushcart prize, and his poem "Hestia" won the 2014 Capital University poetry prize. He is a Callaloo Creative Writ |