Santa Fe Writer's Project, 2021. New softcover in matte printed wraps. Text is clean and free of marks or underlining. 12mo. (5.5 x 0.2 x 8.5 inches) 82pp.

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ISBN: 9781951631093

Using characters doubled over with grief, fear, and desire, the love poems in Worn mirror a photo album of legends, rumors, and memories exchanged over drinks in the early evening. Tenderness meets pain meets joy here, offering up the voices of Black folks fostering connection with their children, their lovers, and themselves. Christian's third collection of poetry (after A Proper Lover and 12023 Woodmont Ave) takes the reader through love and longing, and manifests how we all cope and get dressed again after the harsh reality of our world lays us bare. From ghazals about erotic kinks to the disappointment of a father, these poems explore the clothes we reach for first when loss strips us naked.

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