by Xan Forest Phillips (Author)
WINNER of the JUDITH A. MARKOWITZ AWARD
2020 LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD WINNER
LONGLISTED for the HEARTLAND BOOKSELLERS AWARD
In this debut collection by African American poet Xandria Phillips,
HULL explores emotional impacts of colonialism and racism on the Black queer body and the present-day emotional impacts of enslavement in urban, rural, and international settings. HULL is lyrical, layered, history-ridden, experimental, textured, adorned, ecstatic, and emotionally investigative.
Author Biography
Xan Forest Phillips is a poet from rural Ohio. The author of HULL (Nightboat Books, 2019), Xan is a recipient of the Whiting Award, a Lambda Literary Award, the 2023 Oscar Williams and Gene Derwood Award, and a 2022 Advancing Black Arts in Pittsburgh Grant. He resides in Cleveland.
Number of Pages: 80
Dimensions: 0.3 x 8.8 x 6.9 IN
Publication Date: October 08, 2019
