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A Fortune For Your Disaster by Hanif Abdurraqib

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A Fortune For Your Disaster

Poems

by Hanif Abdurraqib

Narrator Hanif Abdurraqib

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Length 1 hour 36 minutes

Language English

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“Hanif Abdurraquib’s powerful collection of poems explores the unending heartbreak of being black in America and how to find strength and self-actualization. Landscaped by graves, mirrors, and music these poems take the personal grief of being barked at by dogs and frames and re-frames those aggression into explorations on how our nation’s history and ceaseless failures cannot stamp our indelible humanity. The series of poems titled “How Can Black People Write About Flowers at a Time Like This” are defiant manifestos that will be talked about for years to come.”
— Luis • Avid Bookshop

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“Poetry in audio form is such a bonus, and Hanif gifts us with small stories and background information as he reads. Perfect for poetry lovers and perfect for people ready to discover.”
— Carrie • Skylark Bookshop

#21 in Bestselling Poetry Audiobooks

Summary

In his much-anticipated follow-up to The Crown Ain't Worth Much, poet, essayist, biographer, and music critic Hanif Abdurraqib has written a book of poems about how one rebuilds oneself after a heartbreak, the kind that renders them a different version of themselves than the one they knew. It's a book about a mother's death, and admitting that Michael Jordan pushed off, about forgiveness, and how none of the author's black friends wanted to listen to "Don't Stop Believin'." It's about wrestling with histories, personal and shared. Abdurraqib uses touchstones from the world outside—from Marvin Gaye to Nikola Tesla to his neighbor's dogs—to create a mirror, inside of which every angle presents a new possibility.

Poetry