Jjjjjerome Ellis

Aster of Ceremonies (eBook, ePUB)

Poems

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A polyphonic new entry in Multiversea literary series written and curated by the neurodivergentJJJJJerome Ellis's Aster of Ceremonies beautifully extends the vision of his debut book and album, The Clearing, a lyrical celebration of and inquiry into the intersections of blackness, music, and disabled speech (Claudia Rankine).



Aster of Ceremonies asks what rites we need now and how poetry, astir in the asters, can help them along. What is the relationship between fleeing and feeling? How can the voices of those who came beforeand the stutters that leaven those voicescarry into our present moment, mingling with our own? When Ellis writes, Bring me the stolen will / Bring me the stolen well, his voice is a conduit, his me is many. Through the grateful invocations of ancestorsHannah, Mariah, Kit, Jan, and othersand their songs, he rewrites history, creating a world that blooms backward, reimagining what it means for Black and disabled people to have taken, and to continue to take, their freedom.

By weaving a chorus of voices past and present, Ellis counters the attack of all masters of all vessels and replaces it with a family of flowers. He models howas with his brilliant transduction of escaped slave advertisementswe might proclaim lost ownership over literature and history. Bring me to the well, he chants, implores, channels. Bring me to me. In this bringing, in this singing, he proclaims our collective belonging to shared worlds where we can gather and heal.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Milkweed Editions
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Oktober 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781639550135
• Artikelnr.: 67294621

Autorenporträt

JJJJJerome Ellis is the author of Aster of Ceremonies. JJJJJerome was born in 1989 to Jamaican and Grenadian immigrants. JJJJJerome lives in Tidewater, Virginia with their wife, ecologist-poet Luísa Black Ellis. JJJJJerome dreams of building a sonic bath house!

Inhaltsangabe

I.
Octagon of Water, Movement 2
Prayer to My Stutter #2
Octagon of Water, Movement 3
Prayer to My Stutter #4
Prayer to My Stutter #6
Translation of Music #1
Octagon of Water, Movement 4
II. Liturgy of the Name
III. Benediction
WINTER
Movement 2: In Honor of Ancestor John Smart
Movement 3: In Honor of Ancestor Lucy
Movement 4: In Honor of Ancestor Harry
SPRING
Movement 6: In Honor of Ancestor Bob
Movement 7: In Honor of Ancestor Paro Movement 8: In Honor of Ancestor
Nanny
SUMMER
Movement 9: In Honor of Ancestor Adam Movement 10: In Honor of Ancestor
Fanny Movement 12: In Honor of Ancestor Paro
FALL
Movement 13: In Honor of Ancestor Rose
Movement 14: In Honor of Ancestor Hannah
Movement 15: In Honor of Ancestor Lucy
Movement 16: In Honor of Ancestor Betsey (Octave)
IV. Astering the Stutter
V. Benediction
Movement 17: In Honor of Ancestor Neptune
Octagon of Water, Movement 5
Notes
Acknowledgments