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Even the Saints Audition

Download or Read eBook Even the Saints Audition PDF written by Raych Jackson and published by SCB Distributors. This book was released on 2020-09-24 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Even the Saints Audition
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Publisher : SCB Distributors
Total Pages : 74
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ISBN-10 : 9781943735716
ISBN-13 : 1943735719
Rating : 4/5 (16 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Even the Saints Audition by : Raych Jackson

Book excerpt: 2019 Chicago Reader's Best of Chicago - Best New Poetry Collection Winner 2019 Chicago Reader's Best of Chicago - Best Poet Runner-Up In Even the Saints Audition Raych Jackson Reconditions her body and reclaims her church. This empowering book of poems interrogates the relationship between blackness, shame, and what it is to live a life tied to the church. Rich with historical context and a deeply engaging personal narrative. This body of work is bursting with charm, wit, and pride, as it dances on the thin line between saint and sinner. Includes poems such as "Period Rules", “A Wasted Ass Shave”, and "I Ask What 'Circumcision' Means in a Full Sunday School Class" that have been watched by millions online Advance praise for Even the Saints Audition This is an important and brave book, one that keeps me asking for more. -Fatimah Asghar, Author of IF THEY COME FOR US / co-creator of BROWN GIRLS Jackson rearranges the scripture of God until it is a machine that works for her. Her bible blesses the ones who roam. -Kara Jackson, Author of BLOODSTONE / National Youth Poet Laureate This work is a sinner's diary, made of the secrets between pews, the notes beneath the hymns and the guilt writhing within desire. -Toaster, Artist


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