Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Marshall's poems traverse familial mythography to investigate contemporary politics, Blackness, and reproductive justice, and the stakes of race and interracial partnership, queerness and love. With an unflinching seriousness she interrogates womanhood, meditates on race, queerness, and considers the monetary, mental, and physical costs of adopting or birthing a Black child.
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All the Blood Involved in Love is an urgent and evocative collection--featuring complex and compelling poems about the choices we make surrounding home, freedom, healing, partnership, and family. In a time of urgent struggles for reproductive justice, Maya Marshall's haunting and heartfelt debut meditates on race, sexuality, and womanhood--with and without motherhood. Traversing familial mythography with an unflinching seriousness, Marshall moves deftly between contemporary politics, the stakes of race and interracial partnership, and the monetary, mental, and physical costs of adopting or birthing a Black child.
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Maya Marshall is a formidable emerging poet. With this debut, she joins a vital literary heritage of Black poets whose stewardship rivals their written contributions. Comparable titles: The Black Unicorn Audre Lorde; Seeing The Body Rachel Eliza Griffths, Horsepower Joy Priest, etc. Maya is well-respected and beloved across art, literary, academic and community spaces; the support and anticipation will lend itself well to All the Blood Involved In Love's inevitable success.