Golden Ax by Rio Cortez
Longlisted for the 2022 National Book Award for PoetryLonglisted for the 2023 PEN Open Book Award
Finalist for the Poetry Society of America's Norma Farber First Book Award
"Outstanding . . . the poetry in these pages is intelligent, lyrical, as invested in the past as the present and future with witty nods to pop culture." -Roxane Gay, author of Hunger
"I've never read anything like it. Truly a sublime experience." -Jason Reynolds, author of Ain't Burned All the Bright
A groundbreaking collection about Afropioneerism past and present from Pushcart Prize-nominated poet and New York Times bestselling author Rio Cortez
From a visionary writer praised for her captivating work on Black history and experience comes a poetry collection exploring personal, political, and artistic frontiers, journeying from her family's history as "Afropioneers" in the American West to shimmering glimpses of transcendent, liberated futures.
In poems that range from wry, tongue-in-cheek observationsabout contemporary life to more nuanced meditations onher ancestors-some of the earliest Black pioneers to settle in the western United States after Reconstruction-Golden Ax invites readers to re-imagine the West, Black womanhood, and the legacies that shape and sustain the pursuit of freedom.
Cortez, Rio: - Rio Cortez is a writer and Pushcart-nominated poet who has received fellowships from Poet's House, Cave Canem, and CantoMundo foundations. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in the Los Angeles Review of Books, The Miami Rail, and Mother Magazine, among others. Born and raised in Salt Lake City, Rio writes and lives in Harlem, USA.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780143137139 |
| ISBN 10 | 0143137131 |
| Title | Golden Ax |
| Author | Rio Cortez |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Year published | 2022-08-30 |
| Number of pages | 80 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for National Book Awards (Poetry) 2022 |
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