Thread by @PENamerica, This #Pride Month, we want to highlight the work of poet [...]

Month, we want to highlight the work of poet & writer @CAMONGHNE Felix. Her voice in the queer Black literary community has explored sexual assault, abortion, police violence, and Black womanhood.

This #Pride Month, we want to highlight the work of poet & writer @CAMONGHNE Felix. Her voice in the queer Black literary community has explored sexual assault, abortion, police violence, and Black womanhood.

. @CAMONGHNE's poetry collection BUILD YOURSELF A BOAT was a PEN Open Book Award finalist & was longlisted for the 2019 National Book Award in Poetry. You can buy BUILD YOURSELF A BOAT at https://bit.ly/3ft65Ab - there are also many Black-owned & indie bookstores you can support.

Read two poems by @CAMONGHNE Felix included in the PEN Poetry series, which sought to publish work by emerging and established writers from coast to coast: https://pen.org/two-poems-camonghne-felix/.

Two Poems by Camonghne Felix

on a scale of one to fuck you I am / obviously prettier, more compelling / better dressed, better situated for // the fixed follicle of long term care.

https://pen.org/two-poems-camonghne-felix/

. @CAMONGHNE Felix was one of sixteen poets asked by @nytimes to share the verses and books they are reading, or that they hope others seek out: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/11/books/poetry-poets-recommendations.html

The Poems That Poets Turn to in a Time of Strife

Sixteen poets tell us about the verses and books they are reading, or that they hope others seek out.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/11/books/poetry-poets-recommendations.html

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