Build Yourself A Boat
2019 National Book Award Longlist
“With Build Yourself a Boat, Camonghne Felix heralds a thrillingly new form of storytelling.”
—Morgan Parker, author of Magical Negro
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 redefines the language of collective and individual trauma through lyric and memory.
2019 National Book Award Longlist
“With Build Yourself a Boat, Camonghne Felix heralds a thrillingly new form of storytelling.”
—Morgan Parker, author of Magical Negro
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 redefines the language of collective and individual trauma through lyric and memory.
2019 National Book Award Longlist
“With Build Yourself a Boat, Camonghne Felix heralds a thrillingly new form of storytelling.”
—Morgan Parker, author of Magical Negro
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 redefines the language of collective and individual trauma through lyric and memory.
Publication Date: April 23, 2019
ISBN-10 : 1608466116
ISBN-13 : 978-1608466115
Author: Camonghne Felix
Publisher: Haymarket
Pages: 72
