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PublisherCavankerry Press, The Limited

ISBN-101933880910

ISBN-139781933880914

eBay Product ID (ePID)28057284027

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Book TitleMausoleum of Flowers

Number of Pages96 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2022

TopicSubjects & Themes / Death, Grief, Loss, American / African American, Subjects & Themes / Places

GenrePoetry

AuthorDaniel Summerhill

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.1 in

Item Weight6.6 Oz

Item Length0.9 in

Item Width0.6 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2022-279026

ReviewsSummerhill's name precedes him, in the world of these poems, where Black folks are 'basking in the sun around lake merritt,' where the speakers 'bleed & flowers bloom. . . American fruit.' This is a voice speaking from, not a voice speaking for. A voice declaring 'i, too, am perennial.' It is the poet's eye that redeems, making lists of what is blooming around him: an old Buick's exhaust cloud, a collarbone forming 'in a mother's round belly,' a Frank Ocean chord progression. Nothing is left out here, not even fear, and everything that remains flowers. Reading these poems--I remember who we are, I notice redemption more. Summerhill muses on the specter of death called America, but in a place called Oakland his verse is 'very much alive.', The assemblage of poems in Daniel Summerhill's Mausoleum of Flowers creates an umbrella of memory through which language becomes the salve, the armor that allows these words to resurrect into something beautiful by living and reliving history. These poems are aware and cognizant of a social condition where silence is not an option; and yet, the poems are tender and loving--aesthetic beauty on the poet's terms., A writer, who, indeed, 'may have God's attention.' What a blessing it is to see Daniel B. Summerhill render his memory, in grace, in ugliness, and most importantly, in hue. These poems, though new to us, have simmered in season, and in sun. What an amazing Black writer, unafraid to wrap himself in his own language. Summerhill asks questions in his work that, today, I cannot answer, so I must return.

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal811/.6

Table Of Contentdo not gather flowers for me wading when we say it's in us, not on us sunday in oakland america is the only living thing that don't complain when the rain doesn't come enoch's second trip to earth "oh" for oh shoutin' fear (after kendrick lamar) i used to believe there wasn't anything a Black woman's prayer couldn't fix frank's opus: poolside convo erasure mama on deciding to leave my tail out frank's opus: nikes thrill is gone // phototaxis nomenclature for damion cayendo footnotes for kanye (after jasmine mans) frank's opus: pink + orange asking for a friend feat: chris abani & danez smith sitting in a wicker chair against floral wallpaper in oakland heat enlarge my territory how the quiet won't stop moving long enough to be held frank's opus: solo // love is the result of attempting to stay bouquet no one told me the world was on fire geography (after tjawangwa dema) frank's opus: skyline to baldwin discovers pepsi on sale sitting in a wicker chair against floral wallpaper in oakland heat how to spell redemption interloping frank's opus: self-control chile' as in you salvation nobody loves me but my mother & she could be jivin' too // frank's opus: nights language for exhaustion belching frank's opus: solo reprise erasure considering the defense production act in defense of survival sitting in a wicker chair against floral wallpaper in oakland heat frank's opus: godspeed mausoleum of flowers notes

SynopsisA poetry collection that celebrates Black culture, creativity, and memory. From Kendrick to Kanye, to a Sunday in Oakland with Frank Ocean's falsetto in the foreground, Mausoleum of Flowers is still life set against the backdrop of demise. Daniel Summerhill's sophomore collection grabs fate by the throat and confronts it. What does it mean to continue living when your friends are dying beside you? This collection melds an exploration of spirituality and rebellion with Black tradition. Summerhill's poems invite the reader near in order to self-excavate and explore tones of loss, love, and light.

LC Classification NumberPS3619