Build Yourself a Boat (BreakBeat Poets)

Build Yourself a Boat (BreakBeat Poets)

<p><strong>2019 National Book Award Longlist</strong></p> <p>“With <em>Build Yourself a Boat</em>, Camonghne Felix heralds a thrillingly new form of storytelling.”<br /> <strong>—Morgan Parker, author of <em>Magical Negro</em></strong></p> <p>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.</p> <p><em>Build Yourself a Boat </em>redefines the language of collective and individual trauma through lyric and memory.</p>