The kin of nakedness /
The debut collection from Adroit Managing Editor Chris Crowder, The Kin of Nakedness interrogates the ethics of complaining and self-work beginning with a lens focused on body image. Structured by sections that complicate the biblical definitions of servitude, being Christ’s hands and feet, and a lo...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Tribeca, New York :
Four Way Books,
[2026].
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| Summary: | The debut collection from Adroit Managing Editor Chris Crowder, The Kin of Nakedness interrogates the ethics of complaining and self-work beginning with a lens focused on body image. Structured by sections that complicate the biblical definitions of servitude, being Christ’s hands and feet, and a long ars poetica, the speaker risks toward honesty as he explores his struggles and privileges as a Black and biracial man. “Digging for everything I have to write into my flesh,” Crowder works to witness the harm done to himself and others who are competing for recognition. Seeking to understand these internal and external struggles, he embodies characters, including benched quarterbacks and Jimmy Fallon, while reckoning with fractured subjects like greedy pastors and alternate universes. |
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| Physical Description: | 95 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9781961897724 1961897725 |