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Bloodstone Cowboy

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Bloodstone Cowboy by Kara Jackson is a powerful poetry collection that explores the poet's lineage, identity, and womanhood. Through intimate and resilient verses, Jackson affirms her right to embrace her full self, drawing on her family’s southern roots and personal experiences. The poems celebrate complex love, including Jackson’s nuanced feelings for her Midwestern hometown, and challenge conventional definitions of living in and loving one's body.
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This collection is ideal for readers interested in contemporary poetry, explorations of identity and womanhood, and those who appreciate voices that challenge and expand cultural narratives within arts and culture.

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Kara Jackson's Bloodstone Cowboy is a reclamation of her lineage, an affirmation of self, and a declaration of her right to contain multitudes. These poems from the 2019 National Youth Poet Laureate complicate the definition of womanhood, troubling what it means to live in a body and love it. A complex and resilient love permeates Jackson's writing, from anthems praising her full belly to poems grappling with "sort-of" love for her midwestern hometown.

Drawing on the rich traditions of Lucille Clifton and Sharon Olds, this expansive collection proudly claims the inheritance of her family's southern roots, while carving out space for Jackson to exist fully without shame. As she writes, "when the day calls I will answer to my name / claim it"

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Praised by notable poets Fatimah Asghar, Eve L. Ewing, JosΓ© Olivarez, Patricia Smith, and Danez Smith, Bloodstone Cowboy has been heralded as an impressive debut showcasing a singular, warm, and imaginative voice. Critics highlight Jackson’s poetic brilliance and predict her lasting impact on contemporary poetry as a major new talent.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781642591521

Publisher: Haymarket Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 20 August 2019

Country: United States

Imprint: Haymarket Books

Illustration: Illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 139.0mm

Height: 215.0mm

Weight: 250g

About the Author

Kara Jackson is the 2019 National Youth Poet Laureate and the 2018 Youth Poet Laureate of Chicago. Her poems have appeared in Poetry, Frontier Poetry, Rookie Mag, Nimrod Literary Journal, and Saint Heron. She has two poems featured in the anthology The End of Chiraq.

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