Millennial Roost

Poetry. African & African American Studies. “Humor and terror bind themselves to one another in this wonderfully odd debut by Dustin Pearson. As much as these poems are anxious and anguished–‘Make them describe it end to end’–they are also tender and redemptive–‘I’ve been waiting for you / and this closeness we wouldn’t abuse.’ But MILLENNIAL ROOST is never apologetic in its truth-telling or its disappointment at a world that goes on once such awful truths are told. How do we live through (and live on ) after violation? Pearson’s surrealist vision is itself a metaphor for the lie that physical resilience saves us from mental anguish. This is a beautifully necessary book.”–Jericho Brown

Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Pearson, Dustin
Published: 12/15/2018
Publisher: C&r Press
ISBN: 9781949540055
Pages: 74
Weight: 0.23lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.51w x 0.18d