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Its linguistic pressure refuses polite distance from structural and intimate harm.
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Indecency
Justin Phillip Reed2018 selection · Poetry
Indecency
Formally disruptive poems confront anti-Blackness, queerness, violence, desire, and the policing of bodies.
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You seek fierce contemporary poetry that challenges convention.
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