A01=Gary Jackson
Author_Gary Jackson
Category=DC
chosen family
daily struggles
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graphic novel and comic book storylines
racism
search for a community to fit into
sexism
superheroes
Product details
- ISBN 9780826368423
- Weight: 249g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 02 Sep 2025
- Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Poetry, yes. Superheroes, yes. This is a graphic novel in verse. Gary Jackson's work is inspired by Afro-futurism.
small lives renders a graphic novel in verse form. Jackson creates his own metropolis, featuring original and remixed superheroes who are othered for more than just their skin and are subsequently and simultaneously celebrated, destroyed, and desired, illustrating what it means to reside in a country’s brutal imagination.
small lives renders a graphic novel in verse form. Jackson creates his own metropolis, featuring original and remixed superheroes who are othered for more than just their skin and are subsequently and simultaneously celebrated, destroyed, and desired, illustrating what it means to reside in a country’s brutal imagination.
Gary Jackson is an associate professor of creative writing at the College of Charleston. He is also the author of Missing You, Metropolis, which was the winner of the 2009 Cave Canem Poetry Prize.
