by avery r. young
contributions by Theaster Gates
Northwestern University Press, 2019
Cloth: 978-0-8101-4052-3 | Paper: 978-0-8101-4053-0
Library of Congress Classification PS3625.O935A6 2019
Dewey Decimal Classification 811.6

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ABOUT THIS BOOK
The “blk alter” of Avery R. Young’s poetic vision makes its stunning debut in a multidisciplinary arsenal entitled, neckbone: visual verses. Young’s years of supernatural fieldwork within the black experience and the gospel of his transitions between poetry, art and music, become the stitch, paint brush, metaphor, and narrative of arresting visual metaphors of childhood teachings and traumas, identity, and the personal reverence of pop culture’s beauty and beast. A mastermind in a new language of poetry, that engages and challenges readers to see beyond the traditional spaces poems are shaped and exist, Young’s neckbone extends tentacles in literature, art, and activism--redefining the collective and the sermon of the “blk” experience.