There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyonce

Author:   Morgan Parker
Publisher:   Tin House Books
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9781941040539


Pages:   96
Publication Date:   14 February 2017
Format:   Paperback
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There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyonce


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The only thing more beautiful than Beyoncé is God, and God is a black woman sipping rosé and drawing a lavender bath, texting her mom, belly-laughing in the therapist's office, feeling unloved, being on display, daring to survive. Morgan Parker stands at the intersections of vulnerability and performance, of desire and disgust, of tragedy and excellence. Unrelentingly feminist, tender, ruthless, and sequined, these poems are an altar to the complexities of black American womanhood in an age of non-indictments and deja vu, and a time of wars over bodies and power. These poems celebrate and mourn. They are a chorus chanting: You're gonna give us the love we need.

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Author:   Morgan Parker
Publisher:   Tin House Books
Imprint:   Tin House Books
Dimensions:   Width: 12.70cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 21.80cm
Weight:   0.145kg
ISBN:  

9781941040539


ISBN 10:   1941040535
Pages:   96
Publication Date:   14 February 2017
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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I can and have read Morgan Parker''s poems over and over . . . She writes history and pleasure and kitsch and abstraction, then vanishes like a god in about 13 inches.--Eileen Myles


moral clarity of Langston Hughes, and have the omnivorous eye of Frank O'Hara


I can and have read Morgan Parker''''s poems over and over . . . She writes history and pleasure and kitsch and abstraction, then vanishes like a god in about 13 inches.--Eileen Myles [A] tremendous new collection.--The Paris Review [Parker''''s] second collection of poetry is a series of raw, unflinching examinations of race and womanhood.--Girlboss, Five New Books That Will Make You a Better Feminist [Morgan Parker's] poems are delightful in their playful ability to rake through our contemporary moment in search of all manner of riches, just as they are devastating in their ability to remind us of what we look like when nobody''''s watching, and of what the many things we don''''t--or can''''t--say add up to.--Tracy K. Smith Art hurts, wrote poet Gwendolyn Brooks. Art urges voyages. Morgan Parker's poems hurt deeply and voyage widely. They do not let you sit comfortably and idly and safe, but take you on an adventure like no other. Like the Fantastic Voyage promised by R&B legends Lakeside, Parker's work is live, live, all the way live. Get on board this trip; it is like no other.--D.A. Powell For the person who doesn't need their poetry to be pretty. For the person who needs their poetry to be powerful in its beauty, in its ability to eviscerate them, in its willingness to go places they never knew existed before. For the person who drinks words like others drink water.--NYLON, Best Books of the Year Parker's poems brings heat to the art of Mickalene Thomas, the racial politics of Barack Obama's presidency, the body politics of Beyonce and the danger of moving through America in a black body.--TIME Magazine, Best Paperbacks of 2017 Morgan Parker turns Beyonce and gin-soaked olives into electric poetry.--Portland Monthly Employing fierce language and eschewing fear of unflattering light, Parker (Other People's Comfort Keeps Me Up at Night) pays homage to the deep roots and collective wisdom of black womanhood. Parker's poems are as flame-forged as a chain locked around soft ankles.--Publishers Weekly, Starred Review Parker's poetry is a sledgehammer covered in silk, exposing black women's vulnerability and power and underscoring what it means to be magical and in pain. This collection is a must for anyone who recognizes that celebrity is an extension of American culture -- and for those who don''t, it will transform their perspective.--BuzzFeed Morgan Parker''s bombastic second book profoundly expresses a black millennial consciousness with anger and appetite. Everywhere Parker looks, she sees a wildly messed-up world -- There's far too many of me dying ; The President be like/ we lost a young boy today. She also answers a personal and public mandate to re-envision it through humor and confrontation.--NPR.org


I can and have read Morgan Parker''''s poems over and over . . . She writes history and pleasure and kitsch and abstraction, then vanishes like a god in about 13 inches.--Eileen Myles [A] tremendous new collection.--The Paris Review [Parker''''s] second collection of poetry is a series of raw, unflinching examinations of race and womanhood.--Girlboss, Five New Books That Will Make You a Better Feminist [Morgan Parker's] poems are delightful in their playful ability to rake through our contemporary moment in search of all manner of riches, just as they are devastating in their ability to remind us of what we look like when nobody''''s watching, and of what the many things we don''''t--or can''''t--say add up to.--Tracy K. Smith Art hurts, wrote poet Gwendolyn Brooks. Art urges voyages. Morgan Parker's poems hurt deeply and voyage widely. They do not let you sit comfortably and idly and safe, but take you on an adventure like no other. Like the Fantastic Voyage promised by R&B legends Lakeside, Parker's work is live, live, all the way live. Get on board this trip; it is like no other.--D.A. Powell For the person who doesn't need their poetry to be pretty. For the person who needs their poetry to be powerful in its beauty, in its ability to eviscerate them, in its willingness to go places they never knew existed before. For the person who drinks words like others drink water.--NYLON, Best Books of the Year Morgan Parker turns Beyonce and gin-soaked olives into electric poetry.--Portland Monthly Parker's poems brings heat to the art of Mickalene Thomas, the racial politics of Barack Obama's presidency, the body politics of Beyonce and the danger of moving through America in a black body.--TIME Magazine, Best Paperbacks of 2017 Morgan Parker''s bombastic second book profoundly expresses a black millennial consciousness with anger and appetite. Everywhere Parker looks, she sees a wildly messed-up world -- There's far too many of me dying ; The President be like/ we lost a young boy today. She also answers a personal and public mandate to re-envision it through humor and confrontation.--NPR.org Employing fierce language and eschewing fear of unflattering light, Parker (Other People's Comfort Keeps Me Up at Night) pays homage to the deep roots and collective wisdom of black womanhood. Parker's poems are as flame-forged as a chain locked around soft ankles.--Publishers Weekly, Starred Review Parker's poetry is a sledgehammer covered in silk, exposing black women's vulnerability and power and underscoring what it means to be magical and in pain. This collection is a must for anyone who recognizes that celebrity is an extension of American culture -- and for those who don''t, it will transform their perspective.--BuzzFeed


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"Morgan Parker is a poet, essayist, and novelist. She is the author of the young adult novel Who Put This Song On?; and the poetry collections Other People's Comfort Keeps Me Up At Night, and Magical Negro, which won the 2019 National Book Critics Circle Award. Parker's debut book of nonfiction is forthcoming from One World. She is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship, winner of a Pushcart Prize, and has been hailed by The New York Times as ""a dynamic craftsperson"" of ""considerable consequence to American poetry."""

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