Description
Poetry. African & African American Studies. Longlisted for the 2020 National Book Award in Poetry. Like a ghost in the machine, TRAVESTY GENERATOR remixes programming codes and turns them to ruminate on the intersections of race and gender. Rhythmic, hypnotic, and percussive, the poems are iterative and suggest the infinite recursions of nano data. The poems pay homage to lives taken too soon, those of Trayvon Martin, Eric Garner, pulls heroes like Harriet Tubman into the present, and offers the wisdoms spoken by Black mothers to their children. TRAVESTY GENERATOR reminds us that programming languages and computer codes are not neutral. But while oppressive algorithms abound, the poems hack their way into new connections and possibilities for Black life.
Author: Lillian-Yvonne Bertram
Publisher: Noemi Press
Published: 12/15/2019
Pages: 80
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.30d
ISBN13: 9781934819845
ISBN10: 1934819840
BISAC Categories:
- Poetry | American | African American & Black
- Poetry | Women Authors
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