Letters from the Black Ark

by D.S. Marriott

Rhythmic lyrical poems that embody black music, existence, and tragedy.

The poems in this collection center on the word "dub," which accrues a subtle lyrical connotation throughout its various forms and meanings--to bestow, vest, crown, and also to suspend, reverb, echo, and sever. Dub poetry plays with revealing and concealing, while also pointing the way to the conditions that produce black poetic music. In D.S. Marriott's poetry,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1632431211
• ISBN13: 9781632431219
• Release Date: November 2024
• Publisher: Omnidawn
• Length: 132 Pages