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CRUEL/CRUEL

By Dior J. Stephens
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By Dior J. Stephens
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A response to the unimaginable cruelties that became our new quotidian in 2020, that moves musically and discursively through innovative permutations of lyric form.

CRUEL/CRUEL is the manifestation of a Black, queer voice grappling with the intricacies of (un)belonging and identity. These poems use genres of queerness and race to reckon with the pervasive power of oppressive institutions, shaped by art and a soundtrack of Black musical traditions of resistance: from jazz to soul to experimen...

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PoetryAmerican PoetryAfrican American PoetryAmerican poetry->African American authors