The Black Condition ft. Narcissus is preemptive memoir, documenting the beginning of the author's gender transition and paralleling the inauguration of our latest Administration. These poems speak to and from fears holed up inside while contextualizing the cosmic impacts of our political landscape. Ranging from autobiographic melancholy to rigorously meditative, here is a necessary voice to process the world, predicated on unknowable desire and blossoming tragedy. Winner of the 2019 San Francisco Poetry Center Book Award!

Author: Jzl Jmz
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Nightboat Books
Published: 04/16/2019
Pages: 96
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9781937658977

About the Author

Jzl Jmz (FKA jayy dodd) aka [Lady Tournament] beamed down in Los Angeles '92 & is reuploading herself to the internet. Her professional career includes positions at Blavity, The Offing, Winter Tangerine & more. She's been featured in the LA Times, Poetry Magazine, Oprah Magazine, Ms. Magazine, PEN America, and more. She's the author of Mannish Tongues & the Poetry Center Book Prize-winner, The Black Condition ft. Narcissus. She curated Beyond Special Issue (a collective critique on tokenism in (Trans*) poetry) & THEE SPACE Poetry Prize with Shade Literary Arts. She edited Bettering American Poetry Vol. 2 and A Portrait in Blues.