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Because you were mine : poems
- Title
- Because you were mine : poems / Brionne Janae.
- Author
- Janae, Brionne
- Publication
- Chicago, IL : Haymarket Books, 2023.
- ©2023
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | Sc E 23-1213 | Schomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Details
- Description
- x, 75 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- ""I've decided I can't trust anyone who uses darkness as a metaphor for what they fear," poet Brionne Janae writes in this stunning new collection, in which the speaker navigates past and present traumas and interrogates familial and artistic lineages, queer relationships, positions of power, and community. Because You Were Mine is an intimate look at love, loneliness, and what it costs to survive abuse at the hands of those meant to be "protectors." In raw, confessional, image-heavy poems, Janae explores the aftershocks of the dangerous entanglement of love and possession in parent-child relationships. Through this difficult but necessary examination, the collection speaks on behalf of children who were left or harmed as a result of the failures of their parents, their states, and their gods"--
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Poetry.
- LGBTQ+ poetry.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Call Number
- Sc E 23-1213
- ISBN
- 9781642599497
- 1642599492
- 9781642599121
- 1642599123
- 9781642599367 (canceled/invalid)
- OCLC
- 1389860829
- Author
- Janae, Brionne, author.
- Title
- Because you were mine : poems / Brionne Janae.
- Publisher
- Chicago, IL : Haymarket Books, 2023.
- Copyright Date
- ©2023
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 23-1213