{"product_id":"let-the-poets-govern-a-declaration-of-freedom-9780593242148","title":"Let the Poets Govern: A Declaration of Freedom","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this part-memoir, part-manifesto, an acclaimed poet interprets Black radical literary traditions to reimagine freedom through refusal.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"In these fierce yet tender pages, Camonghne Felix reveals how imagination can become a form of governance--an instrument for creating a world rooted in care, community, and radical possibility.\"--Michelle Alexander, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe New Jim Crow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOver the past decade, Camonghne Felix has been at the center of American politics, working in strategy, communications, and as a speechwriter. Throughout it all, she has maintained her unwavering belief in language's foundational revolutionary potential, outside of its deployment for legislative and political ends. In this groundbreaking work of nonfiction, she argues that Black radical poetic traditions model an ethical code and overcome entrenched structures of patriarchy and paternalism, inventing a new form that examines the historical and legislative, and the personal and poetic. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFelix draws on stories from her life in campaigns and the decisions she has had to make: preparing speeches for candidates, responding to harassment, recruiting staff. She recounts her moving personal history--accompanying her mother, a lawyer, to court, and her father, a participant in the Grenadian revolution of 1983, to protests--as well as her coming-of-age being schooled in a wider tradition of Black radical thinkers, from Gwendolyn Brooks to Audre Lorde. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough rupture, rhythm, and a refusal of politics as usual, \u003ci\u003eLet the Poets Govern \u003c\/i\u003eencourages us to hold ourselves to the standards of our highest ideals and embraces our shared humanity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Camonghne Felix\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e One World\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/03\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.47h x 5.88w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593242148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/26\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCamonghne Felix, \u003c\/b\u003epoet, essayist and former political communications strategist, is the author of \u003ci\u003eDyscalculia \u003c\/i\u003e(One World) and \u003ci\u003eBuild Yourself a Boat \u003c\/i\u003e(Haymarket Books), which was longlisted for the 2019 National Book Award in Poetry. Her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAcademy of American Poets\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarvard Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePoetry Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew York Magazine, \u003c\/i\u003e and elsewhere.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Camonghne Felix \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":47712040190109,"sku":"9780593242148","price":44.57,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_58557459-5495-4345-9ed6-c83f30f66617.jpg?v=1773171164","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/let-the-poets-govern-a-declaration-of-freedom-9780593242148","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}