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  • Author: Felix, Camonghne
    Summary:

    In this full-length collection of poetry, Camonghne Felix redefines the language of collective and individual trauma through lyric and memory.

    Contents:
    • Lost poem 4: Rx
    • Contouring the Flattening
    • Cutting w/ JB
    • Imagine??? My sister an astronaut???
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    • Things the block taught me
    • White house
    • Statement from Camonghne Felix on the murders of Jesse Washington, Stephon Clark and her attempt to understand the psychology of lynching:
    • Thank God I can't drive
    • Zimmerman testimonies: Day 1
    • Zimmerman testimonies: Day 2
    • Cutting w/ JB
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    • Cutting w/ JB
    • Trap queen
    • On entropy
    • Statement of being lonely vs. alone
    • Lost poem #5: I won't even ask why
    • Or, it's all in my head
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    • Lesson, unmitigated
    • No relief
    • DISCLAIMER
    • Mirror talk
    • Police
    • Grocery
    • Sleeping on Adderall
    • Zimmerman testimonies: Day 4
    • Tonya Harding's fur fox
    • No shade, though
    • "But in what way does the blending of two slightly different cells bring about such a renewal of life?" - Freud
    • Cutting w/ JB
    • After the abortion, an older white Planned Parenthood volunteer asks if my husband is here & squeezes my thigh and says, "You made the right decision," and then "Look what could happen if Trump were president, I mean, you might not even be here."
    • Beer pong
    • Zimmerman testimonies: Day 5
    • When I say the hood made me, I mean:
    • Willing in the Orisha
    • "But there were times when you offered your consent with older men. You chose them & you were not afraid. Why not?" - Freud
    • Yes, it is possible.
    Genre: Poetry
    Subject(s): American Poetry
    Original Publisher: [Ashland, Oregon] , Blackstone Publishing
    Language(s): English
    ISBN:

    9781094124636

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    9781094124643

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    1094124648

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Abstract

In this full-length collection of poetry, Camonghne Felix redefines the language of collective and individual trauma through lyric and memory.

Genre
Poetry
Subject
American Poetry
Publisher (Source)

[Ashland, Oregon]

Blackstone Publishing

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