Bibliograph

808s & otherworlds, memories, remixes, & mythologies, Sean Avery Medlin

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808s & otherworlds, memories, remixes, & mythologies, Sean Avery Medlin

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

poetry

Main title

808s & otherworlds

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1233268632

Responsibility statement

Sean Avery Medlin

Sub title

memories, remixes, & mythologies

Summary

A bold and incendiary new voice in poetry. Against the backdrop of the Phoenix suburbs where they were raised, Medlin interrogates the effects of media misrepresentation on the performance of Black masculinity. Through storytelling rhymes and vulnerable narratives in conversation with both contemporary Hip-Hop culture and systemic anti-Blackness, 808s & Otherworlds pieces together a speculative reality where Blackfolk are simultaneously superhuman and dehumanized. From the gut-wrenchingly real stories of young lovers unmythed by segregation or former classmates appropriating Black culture, to the fantastic settings of Hip-Hop songs and comic characters, Medlin weaves a tapestry of worlds and otherworlds while composing a love letter to family and self, told to an undeniably energetic beat

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