Aster of Ceremonies
Milkweed Editions (Verlag)
978-1-63955-012-8 (ISBN)
Aster of Ceremonies asks what rites we need now and how poetry, astir in the asters, can help them along. What is the relationship between fleeing and feeling? How can the voices of those who came before—and the stutters that leaven those voices—carry into our present moment, mingling with our own? When Ellis writes, “Bring me the stolen will / Bring me the stolen well,” his voice is a conduit, his “me” is many. Through the grateful invocations of ancestors—Hannah, Mariah, Kit, Jan, and others—and their songs, he rewrites history, creating a world that blooms backward, reimagining what it means for Black and disabled people to have taken, and to continue to take, their freedom.
By weaving a chorus of voices past and present, Ellis counters the attack of “all masters of all vessels” and replaces it with a family of flowers. He models how—as with his brilliant transduction of escaped slave advertisements—we might proclaim lost ownership over literature and history. “Bring me to the well,” he chants, implores, channels. “Bring me to me.” In this bringing, in this singing, he proclaims our collective belonging to shared worlds where we can gather and heal.
The Aster of Ceremonies audiobook read and performed by JJJJJerome Ellis is available everywhere you listen to audiobooks.
JJJJJerome Ellis is the author of Aster of Ceremonies. He is an animal, stutterer, and artist. He is also the author and composer of The Clearing, an audio-textual project that investigates how stuttering, blackness, and music can be practices of refusal against hegemonic governance of time, speech, and encounter. His work has been presented by the Lincoln Center, the Poetry Project, MASS MoCA, REDCAT, Arraymusic, and the Center for African American Poetry and Poetics, among others. He lives in Tidewater, Virginia, where he was raised by Jamaican and Grenadian immigrants. He dreams of building a sonic bath house!
I.
Octagon of Water, Movement 2
Prayer to My Stutter #2
Octagon of Water, Movement 3
Prayer to My Stutter #4
Prayer to My Stutter #6
Translation of Music #1
Octagon of Water, Movement 4
II. Liturgy of the Name
III. Benediction
WINTER
Movement 2: In Honor of Ancestor John Smart
Movement 3: In Honor of Ancestor Lucy
Movement 4: In Honor of Ancestor Harry
SPRING
Movement 6: In Honor of Ancestor Bob
Movement 7: In Honor of Ancestor Paro Movement 8: In Honor of Ancestor Nanny
SUMMER
Movement 9: In Honor of Ancestor Adam Movement 10: In Honor of Ancestor Fanny Movement 12: In Honor of Ancestor Paro
FALL
Movement 13: In Honor of Ancestor Rose
Movement 14: In Honor of Ancestor Hannah
Movement 15: In Honor of Ancestor Lucy
Movement 16: In Honor of Ancestor Betsey (Octave)
IV. Astering the Stutter
V. Benediction
Movement 17: In Honor of Ancestor Neptune
Octagon of Water, Movement 5
Notes
Acknowledgments
Erscheinungsdatum | 26.09.2023 |
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Reihe/Serie | Multiverse |
Zusatzinfo | Illustrations, unspecified |
Verlagsort | Minneapolis |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 177 x 228 mm |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Lyrik / Gedichte |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
ISBN-10 | 1-63955-012-7 / 1639550127 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-63955-012-8 / 9781639550128 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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