num_pages: 80
description: Using musical allusion and metaphor, juxtaposing history and autobiography, Matejka navigates a triracial identity. In these poems, having too many heritages means having no heritage at all. As a result, cultural identifiers--be they afros, war paint, or William Shatner--take the place of identity. Vibrant narrative lyrics use image as riff, syllable as note, to improvise on a personal history severed from tradition.
language: English
title: The Devil's Garden
titlecomplete: The Devil's Garden
genres: Poetry
ratings_count: 53
publisher: Alice James Books