"The idea of ancestry" (poem by Etheridge Knight) -- Taped to the wall of my cell (Foreword) -- Across the space (The poetics of origin) -- I am all of them (Knight's vest of selves) -- I am a thief (poem: "Portrait of Etheridge Knight in the style of a crime report" by Terrance Hayes) -- I have at one time or another been in love (Drawing) -- I am now in love (The craft of love) -- I have the same name (The poetics of liquid) -- An empty space (Prose/drawing) -- Whereabouts unknown (Prose) -- The graves (Drawing: for Langston Hughes) -- Messages (The poetics of political poems) -- I sipped cornwhiskey from fruit jars with the men (Prose) -- I flirted with the women (Prose) -- Split/my guts (Drawing) -- I had almost caught up with me (Prose) -- Damming my stream (poem: "The blue Etheridge" by Terrance Hayes) -- My genes (Prose) -- Across the space (The poetics of community) -- I am me (Prose).
Summary:
"A book of lectures by Terrance Hayes."-- Provided by publisher.
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