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Morgan Parker

    Morgan Parker schafft Lyrik, die sich mit der Komplexität von Identität und dem zeitgenössischen Leben auseinandersetzt und dabei oft unerwartete Gegenüberstellungen und scharfen Witz einsetzt. Ihre Arbeit hinterfragt Themen wie Rasse, Geschlecht und Kultur mit einer ironischen Sensibilität und tiefen Zärtlichkeit. Parker verwendet lebendige Bilder und fesselnde Rhythmen, um ein Gefühl von Dringlichkeit und Intimität zu erzeugen, das den Leser in ihre Meditationen über die Welt hineinzieht. Ihre unverwechselbare poetische Stimme ist sowohl herausfordernd als auch zugänglich und bietet neue Perspektiven auf gelebte Erfahrungen.

    1986
    There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyonce
    Other People's Comfort Keeps Me Up At Night
    Who Put This Song On?
    You Get What You Pay for
    Magical Negro
    • 2024

      You Get What You Pay for

      Essays

      • 224 Seiten
      • 8 Lesestunden
      4,2(431)Abgeben

      Exploring themes of loneliness and alienation, Morgan Parker reflects on her personal struggles with therapy, singleness, and depression. She connects her experiences to a broader cultural context, examining America's historical relationship with Black Americans. Through incisive essays, Parker critiques the Church's role in segregation, analyzes the implications of Bill Cosby's downfall, and discusses the complexities of visibility, particularly in the portrayal of figures like Serena Williams. Her work resonates with the ongoing dialogue about race, identity, and societal expectations.

      You Get What You Pay for
    • 2021

      First UK publication of the immense debut collection of the breakout star author of There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyonce and Magical Negro: award winning poet Morgan Parker

      Other People's Comfort Keeps Me Up At Night
    • 2019

      Magical Negro

      • 80 Seiten
      • 3 Lesestunden
      4,3(43)Abgeben

      New collection of poems by Morgan Parker, author of There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyonce: 'This is a marvelous book. See for yourself. Morgan Parker is a fearlessly forward and forward-thinking literary star' TERRANCE HAYES

      Magical Negro
    • 2019

      Who Put This Song On?

      • 336 Seiten
      • 12 Lesestunden
      4,0(98)Abgeben

      Trapped in sunny, stifling, small-town suburbia, seventeen-year-old Morgan knows why she's in therapy. She can't count the number of times she's been the only non-white person at the sleepover, been teased for her "weird" outfits, and been told she's not "really" black. Also, she's spent most of her summer crying in bed. So there's that, too. Lately, it feels like the whole world is listening to the same terrible track on repeat - and it's telling them how to feel, who to vote for, what to believe. Morgan wonders, when can she turn this song off and begin living for herself? Life may be a never-ending hamster wheel of agony, but Morgan finds her crew of fellow outcasts, blasts music like there's no tomorrow, discovers what being black means to her, and finally puts her mental health first. She decides that, no matter what, she will always be intense, ridiculous, passionate, and sometimes hilarious. After all, darkness doesn't have to be a bad thing. Darkness is just real

      Who Put This Song On?
    • 2017

      'This is a marvelous book. See for yourself. Morgan Parker is a fearlessly forward and forward-thinking literary star.' Terrance HayesMorgan Parker's highly anticipated, fierce new collection of poetry uses political and pop- cultural references as a framework to explore 21st century black womanhood and its complexities

      There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyonce
    • 2016

      1986

      • 346 Seiten
      • 13 Lesestunden

      Struggling to escape her troubled past, Allana Harrison relocates to a wealthy, isolated town with her husband, seeking a fresh start. However, her life takes a turn when she befriends Alex, another American, who rekindles feelings of desire and complicates her reality. As Alex probes into her husband's secretive work at a cutting-edge power station, he threatens to expose her hidden past, forcing Allana to confront her loyalties and the impending disaster looming over humanity in 1986.

      1986