num_pages: 64
description: 2019 National Book Award LonglistA poetic exploration of trauma healing and survival from award-winning poet Camonghne Felix.This is about what grows through the wreckage. This is an anthem of survival and a look at what might come after. A view of what floats and what ultimately sustains.Build Yourself a Boat an innovative debut by award-winning poet Camonghne Felix interrogates generational trauma the possibility of healing and the messiness of survival.Build Yourself a Boat redefines the language of collective and individual trauma through lyric and memory.
language: English
title: Build Yourself a Boat
publisher: Haymarket Books