the space between men
By Mia S. Willis
By Mia S. Willis
By Mia S. Willis
By Mia S. Willis
By Mia S. Willis
By Mia S. Willis
Part of Penguin Poets
Part of Penguin Poets
Part of Penguin Poets
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$20.00
Oct 01, 2024 | ISBN 9780143138105
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Oct 01, 2024 | ISBN 9780593512203
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Oct 01, 2024 | ISBN 9780593947975
150 Minutes
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Praise
Advance praise for the space between men:
“Boy and boi, Mia S. Willis reminds, are homophones. The same sound points toward both a present history of collective degradation and a present future of collective creativity. You can only tell the difference by the context of their utterance: who speaks, who is spoken, and under what conditions. Among other things, Willis’s remarkable debut sets out to architect a usable grammar of black boihood, a sharable system of image/shape/sound in which the black boi might be knowable, but not too knowable—expressed, but never overdetermined. And, central to this project is the poet’s careful, loving attention to the pluripotency of language, the revisability of form, the ‘divinity in the becoming.’ This book is an offering for us who long to ‘exist unordered . . . the spark of potential between the flints.’” —Cameron Awkward-Rich, author of Dispatch
“In this profound and evocative collection, Mia S. Willis commands each line with a dazzling attention to language—its failures and its gaps, its lyric potential and holy plainspokenness, its politics and cultural specificities—illuminating the spaces between and within all of us. Ranging from imagistic to cerebral, humorous to heartbreaking, these poems trace a journey to self-understanding and self-permission, exploring the inner and outer battles toward building a self—specifically, a Black, queer self—and learning to ‘not be afraid to birth yourself beautiful.’ Willis’ poetic voice is brimming with personality and curiosity, as musical as it is philosophical, and the space between men is a formidable debut.” —Morgan Parker, author of Magical Negro and There Are More Beautiful Things than Beyoncé
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