A Shiver in the Leaves by Hughes, Luther

A Shiver in the Leaves (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781950774678)

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Format: Paperback
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A Shiver in the Leaves by Hughes, Luther

A Shiver in the Leaves

$17.00
A Shiver in the Leaves by Hughes, Luther

A Shiver in the Leaves

$17.00
Format: Paperback
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Nestled against the backdrop of Seattle's flora, fauna, and cityscape, Luther Hughes' debut poetry collection wrestles with the interior and exterior symbiosis of a gay Black man finding refuge from the threat of depression and death through love and desire.Hughes draws readers into a Seattle that is heavily entrenched in violent anti-Blackness, and full of vulnerable and personal encounters from both the speaker's past and present. With reverent and careful imagery, Hughes fashions deeply saturated, tender vignettes that reckon relationships between family and friends, lovers, nature, and the police-state.A Shiver in the Leaves is stunningly cinematic in its layered portrayal of the never-ending dualities of a queer Black poet's life in the city. Hughes's interrogation of selfhood renders a sharply intimate and viscerally powerful reimagining of what it means to be alive in a body, and what it can mean to live.

Author: Luther Hughes
ISBN-10: 1950774678
ISBN-13: 9781950774678
Publisher: BOA Editions
Language: English
Published: 09/27/2022
Pages: 80
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.90w x 0.30d
By Luther Hughes
By Luther Hughes
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Luther Hughes is the author of the chapbook Touched (Sibling Rivalry Press), recommended by the American Library Association. He is the founder of Shade Literary Arts, a literary organization for queer writers of color, and co-hosts The Poet Salon podcast with Gabrielle Bates and Dujie Tahat. Recipient of the Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Fellowship and 92Y Discovery Poetry Prize, his writing has been published in American Poetry Review, Paris Review, Seattle Times, Orion Magazine, Poetry Northwest, Hayden's Ferry Review, and more. He curates a monthly poetry newsletter called Lue's Poetry Hour. Luther currently lives in Seattle, where he was born and raised.

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