Poems. Includes bibliographical references (page 165).
Contents:
Dramatis Personae -- Prologue -- Act I. Ain't I at the gate? -- Act II. Ain't I nickname for home? -- Act III. Ain't I Épistéme? -- Monologue -- Act IV. Ain't I the ode? -- Act V. Ain't I too late? -- Act VI. Ain't I a madness? -- Act VII. Ain't I again? -- Epilogue.
Summary:
"Canisia Lubrin returns with a mesmerizing new collection, the follow-up to her breakout book, Voodoo Hypothesis. The Dyzgraphxst presents seven inquiries into selfhood through the perennial figure Jejune. Polyvocal in register, the book moves to mine meanings of kinship through the wide and intimate reach of language across geographies and generations. Against the contemporary backdrop of intensified capitalist fascism, toxic nationalism, and climate disaster, the figure Jejune asks, how have I come to make home out of unrecognizability. Marked by and through diasporic life, Jejune declares, I was not myself. I am not myself. My self resembles something having nothing to do with me."-- Provided by publisher.
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