Bloodstone Cowboy

by Kara Jackson

Kara Jackson's Bloodstone Cowboy is a reclamation of her lineage, an affirmation of self, and a declaration of her right to contain multitudes. These poems from the 2019 National Youth Poet Laureate complicate the definition of womanhood, troubling what it means to live in a body and love it. A complex and resilient love permeates Jackson's writing, from anthems praising her full belly to poems grappling with "sort-of" love for her midwestern hometown.
...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1642591521
• ISBN13: 9781642591521
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: Haymarket Books
• Length: 42 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.3" x 8.4"