Velvet: Poems

An exposed and exposing collection of poetry on inherited trauma, chronic illness, and the American South Velvet,...
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Author: William Fargason
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Language: English
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Velvet: Poems by Fargason, William

Velvet: Poems

$36.27

Velvet: Poems

$36.27
Author: William Fargason
Format: Paperback
Language: English
An exposed and exposing collection of poetry on inherited trauma, chronic illness, and the American South

Velvet, the second full-length collection from award-winning poet William Fargason, explores chronic illness, patriarchal abuse, intergenerational trauma, and racial inequality in the American South. Its speaker moves through the generations that preceded him to understand himself, and to heal from traumas both inherited and lived. As part of that heritage, the speaker confronts a family history of participation in racist ideologies and organizations to make sense of his own place within, and responsibility to, this history. In the titular lyric essay, "Velvet," Fargason braids scientific research and YouTube videos in an attempt to forge paths for healing while contending with an inherited chronic disease. Ultimately, Velvet argues against traditional forms of toxic masculinity and suggests that vulnerability, soft and bleeding as the velvet on a deer's antlers, offers one solution to it.

Author: William Fargason
Publisher: Curbstone Press
Published: 05/15/2024
Pages: 104
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.80w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9780810147232

About the Author
WILLIAM FARGASON is the author of Love Song to the Demon-Possessed Pigs of Gadara (University of Iowa Press, 2020), winner of the 2019 Iowa Poetry Prize. His poetry has appeared in Ploughshares, The Threepenny Review, Prairie Schooner, New England Review, Narrative, and elsewhere. His nonfiction has appeared in Brevity, The Offing, and elsewhere. He lives with himself in Towson, Maryland.

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