Description
This luminous, aching poetry collection traces the fragile terrain of love, grief, loneliness, divorce, and the search for a self that can endure what history and circumstance demand of it. Moving from romantic innocence through darkness and loss toward acceptance and renewal, the poems explore Black identity, cultural memory, Afrofuturism, faith, therapy, and the complicated ways art and community can both wound and heal. Abdurraqib’s fluid lines, striking metaphors, and deep musicality—echoing blues, hip-hop, and the voices of artists who shape our inner lives—create a collection that is intimate, restless, and formally inventive. The result is an elegiac yet life-affirming meditation on survival, transformation, and the possibility of imagining a future beyond inherited pain.
Available Editions
paperback
Tin House Books, LLC
Published Jan 1, 2019
115 pages
ISBN: 9781947793521
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Details
First Published
2019
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for A Fortune for Your Disaster by Hanif Abdurraqib.