Build Yourself a Boat
Camonghne Felix

Build Yourself a Boat
Camonghne Felix
2019 National Book Award Longlist
“With Build Yourself a Boat, Camonghne Felix heralds a thrillingly new form of storytelling.”
-Morgan Parker, author of Magical Negro
This is about what grows through the wreckage. This is an anthem of survival and a look at what might come after. A view of what floats and what, ultimately, sustains.
Build Yourself a Boat redefines the language of collective and individual trauma through lyric and memory.
Camonghne Felix is a rising star associated with Haymarket’s very successful BreakBeat Poets cohort, which includes Eve Ewing, Mahogany L. Browne, Jamila Woods, Kevin Coval, Nate Marshall, Fatimah Asghar, and many others. Following on the success of Claudia Rankine’s Citizen: An American Lyric, and the ongoing prominence of Black Lives Matter movement, there is a renewed interest in poetry and prose that documents the Black experience in America.
-Morgan Parker, author of Magical Negro
This item is not currently in-stock. It can be ordered online and is expected to ship in 3-4 weeks
Please note, our stock data is updated overnight, and availability may change throughout the day. Prices are subject to change without notice.
Sign in or become a Readings Member to add this title to a wishlist.

Variations on Dawn and Dusk
$22.95Buy now
Finding stock availability...

The Tradition
$22.99Buy now
Finding stock availability...

Doomstead Days
$38.99Buy now
Finding stock availability...

Build Yourself a Boat
$34.99Buy now
Finding stock availability...

Deaf Republic
$24.99Buy now
Finding stock availability...

Dunce
$53.99Buy now
Finding stock availability...

Sight Lines
$34.99Buy now
Finding stock availability...