I Am the Most Dangerous Thing

by Candace Williams

Book Overview

Over the course of these poems, the Black, queer protagonist begins to erase violent structures and fill the white spaces with her hard-won wisdom and love. I am the Most Dangerous Thing doesn't just use poetry to comment on life and history. The book is a comment on writing itself. What have words done? When does writing become a form of disengagement, or worse, violence?

The book is an exercise in paring the state down to its true...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1949944522
• ISBN13: 9781949944525
• Release Date: May 2023
• Publisher: Alice James Books
• Length: 100 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.8" x 8.9"