Please join us for an author talk and reading with poet Rage Hezekiah.
PRAISE FOR YEARN
"The word is 'yearn.' Not 'yearning'—not that soft. Yearn. A command. A dare. The poet's directive to herself and to us, Reader. Do you want to feel your body alight & vibrating? Yearn. Rage Hezekiah's poems walk that walk, show—in stunning images, in did-she-say-that? word-witchery—a woman making her desires known to herself, so she can step out to meet the life she wants to live. A wondrous, complex creature among wondrous, complex creatures. Not fearful or pretending, but beloved, ablaze,and open."—Evie Shockley, author of semiautomatic
"Rage Hezekiah's impressive collection pulses with a deep emotional intelligence. This book is filled with spare and beautiful verse that manages to explore the erotic, the familial, and the mundane with stunning wisdom. From the masterful use of the cento to poems in the traditions of Lucille Clifton and Danez Smith, this is a book that sings a necessary song. We are all richer in a world where Yearn can exist to help us consider the sequestions of consent and contemplation."—Nate Marshall, author of Finna
"Language sits on the threshold of feeling in Yearn, rides 'the meadow's limit.' The natural world is a mirror for the graces and griefs within the season of living we witness in these poems. At its core,Yearn pulses green with erotic energy and interrogates the heart of desire and the thrill of insatiability."—Taylor Johnson, author of InherItance
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Rage Hezekiah is a Cave Canem, Ragdale, and MacDowell Fellow who earned her MFA from Emerson College. She is a recipient of the Saint Botolph Emerging Artist Award, and she serves as Interviews Editor at The Common. She is the author of Unslakable (Paper NautilusPress, 2019) and Stray Harbor (Finishing Line Press, 2019). Rage's poems have appeared in the Academy of American Poets Poem-a-Day, The Cincinnati Review, The Colorado Review, and many other journals and anthologies. You can find more of her work at ragehezekiah.com.
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