What God in the Kingdom of Bastards

Poems

AvBrian Gyamfi

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

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What God in the Kingdom of Bastards is a poetic exploration of grief, memory, Blackness, and the haunting legacy of familial trauma by way of colonialism, told through the lens of two brothers: Lot, the elder, who is flesh and alive, and Frank, the younger, a ghost navigating his post-suicide existence. Their relationship anchors the collection, weaving themes of love, loss, and the arduous reconciliation between the living and the dead. Combining vivid imagery with fragmented, conversational tones of prayers, laments, and whispered confessions that are surreal and lyrical, Gyamfi delves into the ways trauma—both personal and systemic—permeates family, faith, and identity.

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Utgivningsdatum:2025-09-09
Mått:152 x 203 x undefined mm
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Pitt Poetry Series
Antal sidor:104
Förlag:University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN:9780822948780

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Brian Gyamfi is the recipient of a Pushcart Prize, a National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship, the Zell Fellowship, and two Hopwood Awards. His libretto The Ants Are Illuminated was commissioned by Overtone Industries for their Original Vision opera. A finalist for the Oxford Poetry Prize and the Poetry International Prize, his writing has appeared in Poetry, Narrative, Guernica, The Adroit Journal, and elsewhere. He serves as a contributing editor at Oxford Poetry. Gyamfi lives in Washington, DC.

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These are poems possessed by influence—the shades of elders, both familial and literary, the spirits of language and history and home—but from these ghostly voices, Gyamfi has forged an oracular style all his own: searching, restless, and utterly radiant. What God in the Kingdom of Bastards is a stunning, searing debut.