{"product_id":"aster-of-ceremonies-poems-paperback","title":"Aster of Ceremonies: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJjjjjerome Ellis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA polyphonic new entry in Multiverse--a literary series written and curated by the neurodivergent--JJJJJerome Ellis's \u003ci\u003eAster of Ceremonies\u003c\/i\u003e beautifully extends the vision of his debut book and album, \u003ci\u003eThe Clearing\u003c\/i\u003e, a \"lyrical celebration of and inquiry into the intersections of blackness, music, and disabled speech\" (Claudia Rankine).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAster of Ceremonies\u003c\/i\u003e asks what rites we need now and how poetry, astir in the asters, can help them along. What is the relationship between fleeing and feeling? How can the voices of those who came before--and the stutters that leaven those voices--carry into our present moment, mingling with our own? When Ellis writes, \"Bring me the stolen will \/ Bring me the stolen well,\" his voice is a conduit, his \"me\" is many. Through the grateful invocations of ancestors--Hannah, Mariah, Kit, Jan, and others--and their songs, he rewrites history, creating a world that blooms backward, reimagining what it means for Black and disabled people to have taken, and to continue to take, their freedom. By weaving a chorus of voices past and present, Ellis counters the attack of \"all masters of all vessels\" and replaces it with a family of flowers. He models how--as with his brilliant transduction of escaped slave advertisements--we might proclaim lost ownership over literature and history. \"Bring me to the well,\" he chants, implores, channels. \"Bring me to me.\" In this bringing, in this singing, he proclaims our collective belonging to shared worlds where we can gather and heal.\u003cb\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eAster of Ceremonies\u003c\/i\u003e audiobook read and performed by JJJJJerome Ellis is available everywhere you listen to audiobooks. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJJJJJerome Ellis\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eAster of Ceremonies\u003c\/i\u003e. He is an animal, stutterer, and artist. He is also the author and composer of \u003ci\u003eThe Clearing\u003c\/i\u003e, an audio-textual project that investigates how stuttering, blackness, and music can be practices of refusal against hegemonic governance of time, speech, and encounter. His work has been presented by the Lincoln Center, the Poetry Project, MASS MoCA, REDCAT, Arraymusic, and the Center for African American Poetry and Poetics, among others. He lives in Tidewater, Virginia, where he was raised by Jamaican and Grenadian immigrants. He dreams of building a sonic bath house! \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.9 x 6.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 24, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51759000387872,"sku":"9781639550128","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/402237894ab2558f2b8d3e990277122c.webp?v=1780140791","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/aster-of-ceremonies-poems-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}