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Author:

Marshall, Nate (Poet), author.

Title:

Finna : poems / by Nate Marshall.

Edition:

First Edition.

Publisher:

One World,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

xii, 114 pages ; 21 cm

Subject:

American poetry--African American authors.
Black English--Poetry.
Language poetry.
Poetry.

Summary:

"Definition of Finna, created by the author: fin na /'fine/ contraction: (1) going to ; intending to. rooted in African American Vernacular English. (2) eye dialect spelling of "fixing to." (3) Black possibility ; Black futurity; Blackness as tomorrow. A lyrical and harp celebration, these poems consider the brevity and disposability of Black lives and other oppressed people in our current era of emboldened white supremacy. In three key parts, Finna explores the mythos and erasure of names in the American narrative; asks how gendered language can provoke violence; and finally, through the celebration and examination of the Black vernacular, expands the notions of possibility, giving us a new language of hope"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0593132459
9780593132456

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1128195402

LCCN:

2020006231

Locations:

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)

CZPD706 -- West Liberty Public Library (West Liberty)