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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Marshall, Nate (Poet), author.     Subjects     Black English -- Poetry.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Marshall, Nate (Poet), author.       by title:      Finna : poems / Nate...         MARC Display

Finna : poems / Nate Marshall. by Marshall, Nate (Poet), author. New York : One World, [2020] Subjects Black English -- Poetry. ISBN:  9780593132456 (trade paperback) : Description:  xii, 114 pages ; 21 cm Edition:  First Edition. Requests:  0 Summary:  "Definition of Finna, created by the author: fin na /'fine/ contraction: (1) going to ; intending to. rooted in African American Vernacular English. (2) eye dialect spelling of "fixing to." (3) Black possibility ; Black futurity; Blackness as tomorrow. A lyrical and harp celebration, these poems consider the brevity and disposability of Black lives and other oppressed people in our current era of emboldened white supremacy. In three key parts, Finna explores the mythos and erasure of names in the American narrative; asks how gendered language can provoke violence; and finally, through the celebration and examination of the Black vernacular, expands the notions of possibility, giving us a new language of hope"--   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Language, Literature & History 811.6 Ma Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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