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The Black Blood of Poetry: Towards a Poetics of Darkened Substance

AbstractThis essay situates The Black Blood of Poetry within a transnational lineage I term dark substance poetics—a tradition in which poetry materializes itself through bodily substances (blood, milk, breath, ink) that are subsequently darkened, inverted, or corrupted. Moving from nineteenth-century … Continue reading

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Happy Valentine’s Day to African American Literature!

Since it is Valentine’s Day, I dare to say that I have an ongoing love affair with African American literature.  And, once again, I am teaching African American Literature in the 20th Century for another college.  (I previously taught it … Continue reading

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