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End of Empire

By Marissa Davis

End of Empire

By Marissa Davis

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From a prizewinning poet whose work “points to an unfathomably bright future for the canon” (Danez Smith), a stunningly lush collection about desire, resilience, and our fraught and ecstatic relationship with the natural world A collection as remarkable for the force of its feeling as for the range of its vision, End of Empire explores the tensions of Black and American identity within an ecological framework. Inspired by the language and landscape of the poet’s rural Kentucky hometown and the ways that inherited religious and political narratives shape our relationships with our surroundings and ourselves, these poems reckon with the ways the speaker, their body, and their natural and ideological surroundings continuously remake each other. Formally dynamic, emotionally resonant, and rich with biblical, mythological, and historical allusions, these are elegant, impeccably crafted pieces that evoke the fearsome power of nature and of the tangled, sensual self.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
130
Release Date:
2025-07-01
Publication Date:
2025-07-01
Publisher:
Random House
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0143138472
ISBN13:
9780143138471
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
224 g
Height:
151 cm
Width:
233 cm
Thickness:
10 cm
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