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Afrofuturist poetry that envisions Black people finding new worlds of freedom. Following the traditions of Eve L. Ewing, Rio Cortez, and Douglas Kearney, jason b. crawford's
YEET! envisions the Black community lifted off the earth and set free towards the stars. These poems ask what a free Black people would look like and how we might achieve such a thing. This collection presents a new take on Afrofuturism and utopianism. Rather than looking to a future of technological change, it steps years ahead to show how people are happier once they are no longer owned. These poems speak to racism, gun violence, colonization, global warming, flight, joy, friendship, and noise. This is a book about creating new worlds without the systems of supremacy that held down the old one.
YEET! is the winner of the 2023 Omnidawn 1st/2nd Poetry Book Contest, chosen by Sawako Nakasayu.
About the author
jason b. crawford (they/he/she) is the author of
Year of the Unicorn Kidz. Their work has been published in
POETRY Magazine,
Academy of American Poets,
Cincinnati Review,
Beloit Poetry Journal, and
RHINO Poetry, among others. They are a 2023 Emerging Writers Fellow for Lambda Literary.
