Waning
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Waning
By (Author) Nue Foster
Haymarket Books
Haymarket Books
9th August 2022
United States
Classifications
Physical Properties
Paperback
28
Width 139mm, Height 215mm
Description
From Chicagos 2020 Youth Poet Laureate, Waning is an imaginative yet grounded coming-of-age exploration.
commits to interior questions of Blackness, witness, desire, forgiveness, and what it means to take up space in ways that are healing and liberatory. With wisdom and vulnerability, these lyrical poems interrogate labor in all its iterations: community, survival, and most importantly, who we show up whole for each of our evolving selves.
Reviews
Waning is an ode to interior space. Invoking the moon as a symbol for our own emotional phases and cycles, these poems invite us to look unflinchingly at our most shadowy parts and find them worthy of love. Nu writes, "I am trying to become friends with loneliness" -- a courageous act in the face of a society that values productivity over the ability to cultivate a deep love and knowledge of ourselves.
Jamila Woods, singer, poet
Nue Fosters Waning is a tender reminder. Children of the sun, and faces of the moon, we are an earthly body. Growing and moving in truth, identity and passion. Whos to judge how we got here When we depend on the sky to know where we come from.
Emon Lauren Black, author of Commando, Chicagos First Youth Poet Laureate
I was in my late thirties before I had the luxury of knowing what taking up space was all about. However, this human has shown us that all things including the moon have multiple dimensions and just like the moon, we are changing whether we want to or not. And we are all asking to be seen.
Fredia Gee
Author Bio
Nu is a Blk queer artist from the far south side of Chicago where they call The Hundreds home. Chicagos 2020 Youth Poet Laureate, theyre work has been featured at The Aids Foundation Chicago, BBC Radio, and Nike among others. Theyve performed their poetry at Pitchforks Music Festival, Windy City Live, Newberry Library, Driehaus museum, Wndr Museum, and Young Chicago Authors Louder Than A Bomb poetry festival in which they won in 2020 as an individual.
