American Inmate: the album by Justin Rovillos Monson Paperback Book

Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE American Inmate by Justin Rovillos Monson A rigorous and defiant collection that subverts contemporary discourse and representations of incarceration, of hip-hop, and of Asian American culture and literature.Justin Rovillos Monsons poetic voice is sharp and irreverent-improvisational yet thoughtful, musical, and tender, achieving a range of lyrical registers woven seamlessly throughout the book from the first to last poem.Monsons work challenges his readers with uncomfortable but essential, urgent, and necessary questions: What does it mean to be in the world and yet live apart from it? What happens to the minds and bodies of those locked away? What happens to the minds and bodies of their loved ones? How can America get free? Braiding personal narrative with contemporary rap lyrics and institutional language, Monson deepens the nuances and dimensions of and within Asian American poetics, prison poetics, and hip-hop poetics with his deft and experimental writing style. speaks through cages, bars, walls, and borders, collapsing widespread misconceptions and stereotypes regarding incarceration, and shrinking the distance between readers on the outside and the complex interiority of an incarcerated human being. Sometimes slipping, sometimes soaring, sometimes laughing, sometimes dying, Monsons fiery debut is a fresh, moving, elucidative work that will challenge readers to think more critically about the systems that govern our lives, to imagine with compassion and inclusivity, and to settle for nothing less than a truly free future that is liberatory for all. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Justin Rovillos Monson, a first generation Filipino-American artist, was the winner of the inaugural 2017 Kundiman/Asian American Literary Review/Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center Mentorship in poetry. A love poet, he seeks in his writing to catalog the body incarcerated, to misbehave, and, most of all, to conjure a poetics of reaching. He was born and raised outside of Detroit, Michigan, in Oakland County, and is currently serving a sentence in the Michigan Department of Corrections, from which he hopes to be released in 2027. Promotional Pitch reviews to The Rumpus, Chicago Review of Books, American Review of Poetry, Publishers Weekly, Poets & Writers, and other national literary outletsPitch interviews to The Nation, , PEN America, The New Yorker and other other media outletsSocial media influencer campaign to promote the bookPitch course adoption to undergraduate and graduate writing programs and pitch as a book discussion to community groups leading creative writing programs through anti-carceral workMarket to HB and authors network of libraries and librarians Details ISBN1642599735 Author Justin Rovillos Monson Publisher Haymarket Books Format Paperback Year 2024 ISBN-13 9781642599732 Imprint Haymarket Books Pages 80 Subtitle the album Place of Publication Chicago Country of Publication United States NZ Release Date 2024-03-21 UK Release Date 2024-03-21 ISBN-10 1642599735 Audience General DEWEY 811.6 AU Release Date 2024-06-18 Publication Date 2024-03-12 US Release Date 2024-03-12 Alternative 9798888900611 Illustrations Illustrations We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICY No questions asked, 30 day returns! FREE DELIVERY No matter where you are in the UK, delivery is free. SECURE PAYMENT Peace of mind by paying through PayPal and eBay Buyer Protection TheNile_Item_ID:158682242;

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