Dior J. Stephens
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CRUEL/CRUEL
๐๐๐๐๐/๐๐๐๐๐ย is a collection of poems that seeks to radically deconstruct language in order to respond to theย unimaginable cruelties of living under the muddied boot of white heteropatriarchy. In the collection, Blackย musical tradition, queerness and race coalesce to emphasize the archival and documentary as intrinsic to ourย personal and collective survivals. It was critical for me to craft this collection into a hybrid visual and literaryย object. The visual is integral in the deconstruction and queer renewal of the, at times, dizzying and mystifyingย language found on the page.ย ๐๐๐๐๐/๐๐๐๐๐ย asks not that you understand it, butย feelย it-- wholly. Let it sing toย you.ย
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