This is one poet’s manifesto & memoir, and it effing slaps!
I’ve read poets who have written about craft & form with encyclopedic aptitude. I’ve read activists who have written about their activities with evangelic fervor. I’ve read memoirists who have written about their lives with unblinking self-awareness.
But Felix, in this book, synthesizes all these impulses into a fully-embodied & wonderful document.
Felix draws from her own history, as well as from various other texts, to fashion a radical statement of identity and purpose that is frankly inspirational. We should all be so generously driven!
Drawing on her experiences as a delinquent, an artist, an activist, a teacher, and a political operative, Felix has fashioned a short book that is nothing short of a miracle: it is a beautiful testament of human being fully human, someone who recognizes that the fullest fulfillment of any individual is in concert with their community.
Did I mention that there’s some wonderful poetry here, too? Felix, for reasons that become apparent as one reads, especially explores a particular form called erasure poetry, to devastating effect.
I recommend this book for everyone!
Get Let The Poets Govern by Camonghne Felix here: https://a.co/d/02YWtRnt
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