Joy is the justice we give ourselves

Lanham, J. Drew (Joseph Drew), author.

First edition.

Book

Spartanburg, SC : Hub City Press ; Berkeley, CA : Distributed to the trade by Publishers Group West, [2024]

97 pages ; 22 cm

"From J. Drew Lanham, MacArthur "Genius" Grant recipient and author of Sparrow Envy: A Field Guide to Birds and Lesser Beasts, comes a sensuous new collection in his signature mix of poetry and prose. In gorgeous and timely pieces, Joy Is the Justice We Give Ourselves is a lush journey into wildness and Black being. Lanham notices nature through seasonal shifts, societal unrest, and deeply personal reflection and traces a path from bitter history to the present predicament. Drawing canny connections between the precarity of nature and the long arm of racism, the collection offers reconciliation and eco-reparation as hopeful destinations from our current climate of division. In Joy is the Justice We Give Ourselves, Lanham mines the deep connection to ancestors through the living world and tunes his unique voice toward embracing the radical act of joy"-- Provided by publisher.

Palatine (Ill.) -- BIPOC author.

Palatine (Ill.) -- BIPOC author.

Nature poetry.

Essays.

To notice -- At altitude -- Big easy black bird -- The sweetest war -- Dead is the new black -- Just being -- Come autumn -- How we spend our days -- Of wind and wings -- By lunar logic -- Denali -- Cultivating entropy (a mess made) -- Miscellany -- Sunflowers, as if -- If a butterfly -- To be wild -- Wish thrush -- Joy is the justice (we give ourselves) -- Nativist namaste -- Yard wild robin -- Winter kill -- On edge -- Nine new revelations for the black bird-watcher -- Breathe -- Dam -- Hammer & saw or pen & pad? -- River unnamed -- Slack tide -- More salt marsh -- Some advice -- Joy, as it comes -- Wild goldfish -- Be wild! -- Pine warbler -- My space -- Gifts -- Ten rules for going feral -- Wrens -- Moldered -- Coffee black -- Retreat! -- Fifteen rules for better being -- All that we carry (forever incomplete) -- Gratitude.

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