Side Notes from the ArchivistAuthor :
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Published : Thursday 27 April 2023
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The award-winning, genre-crossing writer demonstrates her power as a funkadelic and formidable feminist voice in this rich and beautiful collection of verse and imageâ?"a multi-part retrospective that traverses time, space, and reality to illuminate the expansiveness of Black femme lives. Voted one of the Best Books of 2023 by the New York Public Library. Side Notes from the Archivist is a preservation of Black culture viewed through a feminist lens. The Archivist leads readers through poems that epitomize youthful renditions of a Black girl coming of age in Philadelphiaâ?Ts pre-funk â?T80s; episodic adventures of â?othe Black Girlâ?? whose life is depicted through the white gaze; and selections of verse evincing affection for self and testimony to the magnificence within Black femme culture at-large. Every poem in Side Notes elevates and honestly illustrates the buoyancy of Blackness and the calamity of Black lives on earth. In her uniquely embracing and experimental style, Anastacia-ReneAc documents these truths as celebrations of diverse subjects, from Solid Gold to halal hotdogs; as homages and reflections on iconic images, from Marsha P. Johnson to Aunt Jemima; and as critiques of systemic oppression forcing some to countdown their last heartbeat. From internet â?oFameâ?? to the toxicity of the white gaze, Side Notes from the Archivist cements Anastacia-ReneAc role as a leading light in the womanist movementâ?"an artist whose work is in conversation with advocates of Black culture and thought such as Audre Lorde, Amiri Baraka, and Nikki Giovanni.
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