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In *There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé*, Morgan Parker confronts the complexities of 21st‑century Black womanhood, weaving personal experience with sharp pop‑cultural analysis. The poems traverse performance, isolation, racism, femininity, and politics, drawing on jazz standards, visual art, family history, and Hip‑Hop. Parker’s voice interrogates modern media consumption, feminism, and Blackness, while probing the intersections of mythology, sorrow, vulnerability, and resilience, ultimately seeking an actualized self.
First publish date: 2017
Genre: Poetry/Contemporary Poetry
Authors: Morgan Parker
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