Patricide Hanif Abdurraqib the Spirits transmutes lyric to

the Spirits transmutes lyric to liberation

Flock of Seagulls

good luck in the real world is a hard-earned and swervy testimony

Jared Singer wears love and loss on his skin

— Michael Kleber-Diggs

Patricide Hanif Abdurraqib the Spirits transmutes lyric toDave Harris, 2019. From the writer of the films SUMMERTIME and FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, Dave Harris's stellar poetry debut takes a nuanced look at the complexities of black masculinity. Patricide weighs those complexities and how they impact a lineage of black boys who fight to become men in the image of their fathers. More than just a book about fear or death centered on being black in America, Patricide illuminates the internal struggle to be the best