The dyzgraphxst [texte imprimé] : a poem / Canisia Lubrin.

Lubrin , Canisia

[Toronto, Ontario] : McClelland & Stewart , [2020]

1 vol.(167 pages) ; 22 cm

"The Dyzgraphxst presents seven inquiries into selfhood through the perennial figure Jejune. Polyvocal in register, the book moves to mine meanings of kinship through the wide and intimate reach of language across geographies and generations. Against the contemporary backdrop of intensified capitalist fascism, toxic nationalism, and climate disaster, the figure Jejune asks, how have I come to make home out of unrecognizability. Marked by and through diasporic life, Jejune declares, I was not myself. I am not myself. My self resembles something having nothing to do with me."

9780771048692

9780771048692

Dramatis Personae -- Prologue -- Act I. Ain't I at the gate? -- Act II. Ain't I nickname fo rhome? -- Act III. Ain't I Épistéme? -- Monologue -- Act IV. Ain't I the ode? -- Act V. Ain't I too late? -- Act VI. Ain't I a madness? -- Act VII. Ain't I again? -- Epilogue.