origin story
poems
Format:Paperback
Publisher:University of New Mexico Press
Published:15th Aug '21
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
origin story outlines a family history of distant sisters, grieving mothers and daughters, and alcoholic fathers. These poems take us from Kansas to Korea and back again in an attempt to reconnect with estranged family and familial ghosts divided by years of diaspora. An interrogation of cultural and personal myths, origin story wrestles with the questions: Who will remember us? How do we deal with the failures of memory? Whose stories are told?
In origin story, Gary Jackson delivers a work of beauty and talent. Like so much honey down our throats, he channels the voices of his mother, his grandparents, his family, and his encyclopedic knowledge of comics to create a new and necessary universe. It challenges racism and carried assumptions while creating an honest dialogue that ultimately ends with connection and compassion. These poems are where the body becomes word." - Juan Morales, author of The Handyman's Guide to End Times: Poems
ISBN: 9780826363015
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 333g
104 pages