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DeeSoul Carson

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DeeSoul Carson is a poet and educator from San Diego, CA. A Stanford alum, his work is featured in Muzzle Magazine, AGNI, The Offing, & elsewhere. His chapbook, Running From Streetlights (2020), is a meditation on Blackness in America during the “Summer of Racial Reckoning.” For his work, DeeSoul has received a National Endowment for the Arts and a Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent fellowship from the Poetry Foundation, as well as fellowships from the NYU MFA program, the Watering Hole, and the Sun Valley Writers’ Conference.

DeeSoul’s poetry is interested in the interrogation of laughter, joy, and absurdity, particularly as it pertains to Black existence, asking what keeps Black people laughing despite their struggles, who’s laughing with them ...more

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DeeSoul wants to read If the Hero of Time was Black by Ashley Harris	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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DeeSoul rated a book it was amazing Bloodmercy by I.S. Jones	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Hunger is a savage god all bodies must kneel to - pg. 28, "Feast" Bloodmercy is a spectacular reimagining of the relationship between Cain & Abel, an exploration of violence & desire & what is done with our hands. This entire collection, I was enamored ...more
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DeeSoul rated a book it was amazing The Death of a Jaybird: Essays on Mothers and Daughters and the Things They Leave Behind – A Searing and Empathetic Black Woman's Essay Collection on Grief, Trauma, and the Humor That Survives by Jodi M. Savage (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
On one of these nights full of signs, Granny calls 911 again. The Death of a Jaybird reminds me that there is no easy way to prepare for loss, but we can cultivate the community that cares for us when it happens. Reading Savage's essays about her moth ...more
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DeeSoul rated a book really liked it We the Gathered Heat: Asian American and Pacific Islander Poetry, Performance, and Spoken Word by Franny Choi	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
you're safe until you're alone. you're american until the towers fall. until there's a border on your back. - Fatimah Asghar, from "Partition" Anthologies are such important references for offering folks a diverse body of work under a common theme. I ...more
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