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description: In his much-anticipated follow-up to The Crown Ain't Worth Much poet essayist biographer and music critic Hanif Abdurraqib has written a book of poems about how one rebuilds oneself after a heartbreak the kind that renders them a different version of themselves than the one they knew. It's a book about a mother's death and admitting that Michael Jordan pushed off about forgiveness and how none of the author's black friends wanted to listen to Don't Stop Believin'. It's about wrestling with histories personal and shared. Abdurraqib uses touchstones from the world outsidefrom Marvin Gaye to Nikola Tesla to his neighbor's dogsto create a mirror inside of which every angle presents a new possibility.
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title: A Fortune for Your Disaster
publisher: Tin House Books