Patricide Hanif Abdurraqib They are compellingly beautiful with

They are compellingly beautiful with a perfectly-toned sadness

Flock of Seagulls

good luck in the real world is a hard-earned and swervy testimony

author of All Earthly Bodies Each poem cinematic—a homecoming concert

the Spirits transmutes lyric to liberation

Patricide Hanif Abdurraqib They are compellingly beautiful withDave Harris, 2019. From the writer of the films SUMMERTIME and FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, Dave Harris's stellar poetry debut takes a nuanced look at the complexities of black masculinity. Patricide weighs those complexities and how they impact a lineage of black boys who fight to become men in the image of their fathers. More than just a book about fear or death centered on being black in America, Patricide illuminates the internal struggle to be the best