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Fiercely feminist, Black, American, and powerful, Williams speaks for a generation of obsessive social media influencers and consumers, revealing the complex ways in which we are all actors, witnesses, and victims in our public and private performances. Though we may be permanent residents of this soulless cultural landscape, this stunning collection refuses to let it define us.
I am not the same machine which came rambling
off the conveyor belt, hugging the bolts & wires
spilling from her vivisection. I'm last year's model
with a sleeker, softer system of cool disdain for
my Internet addictions.
--Excerpt from "I Intend to Outlast"
Jameka Williams holds an MFA in poetry from Northwestern University. Her poetry has been published in Prelude Magazine, Gigantic Sequins, Muzzle Magazine, Yemassee Journal, Tupelo Quarterly, Jet Fuel Review, and Oyez Review, among others. A Pushcart Prize nominee, she is a Best New Poets 2020 finalist, published annually by the University of Virginia, and is featured in New American Press's New Poetry of the Midwest 2019. She resides in Chicago, Illinois.
- Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press; First edition (November 15, 2022)
- Language: English
- Paperback: 88 pages
- ISBN-10: 0299340848
- ISBN-13: 9780299340841
- Item Weight: 1 pound
- Dimensions: 6 x 0.7 x 9 inches
