Punks - New and Selected Poems - John Keene

Punks: New and Selected Poems by John Keene / ISBN 9781737277521 / 234-page paperback published by The Song Cave *** “Punks is utterly brilliant ... Keene’s masterfully inventive inquiry of self and history is queered, Blackened and joyously thick with multitudes of voice and valence.” ―Tyehimba Jess A landmark collection of poetry by acclaimed fiction writer, translator and MacArthur Fellow John Keene, Punks: New & Selected Poems is a generous treasury in seven sections that spans decades and includes previously unpublished and brand new work. With depth and breadth, Punks weaves together historic narratives of loss, lust, and love. The many voices that emerge in these poems―from historic Black personalities, both familial and famous, to the poet's friends and lovers in gay bars and bedrooms―form a cast of characters capable of addressing desire, oppression, AIDS and grief through sorrowful songs that "we sing as hard as we live." At home in countless poetic forms, Punks reconfirm