![]() ![]() It’s pretty hard to show what those books are like because they’re kind of wild, long books on purpose. Some books, it’s harder than others because I have some long poems, like “To Repel Ghosts,” which is about Jean-Michel Basquiat, and “Ardency,” about the Amistad rebellion. But also I was pleased to see the ways in which there were continuities and things I recognized. It’s sort of looking through old photos you recognize yourself but sometimes you look different. But also I want to honor that blues tradition and blues through-line and how some of those uncollected poems and outtakes fill in between the books. ![]() I’ve been thinking about it for a while, to have something portable the different sides of my work. ![]() I talked with friends and my editor about what to leave in here or there, but I went through the selection. ![]()
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