Patricide Hanif Abdurraqib The Only Worlds We Know

The Only Worlds We Know is

as jagged as it may be

the Spirits transmutes lyric to liberation

They are compellingly beautiful with a perfectly-toned sadness

Patricide Hanif Abdurraqib The Only Worlds We KnowDave Harris, 2019. From the writer of the films SUMMERTIME and FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, Dave Harris's stellar poetry debut takes a nuanced look at the complexities of black masculinity. Patricide weighs those complexities and how they impact a lineage of black boys who fight to become men in the image of their fathers. More than just a book about fear or death centered on being black in America, Patricide illuminates the internal struggle to be the best