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Felice Belle's Viscera is map and misdirection, evidence and contradiction, free will and fate at the blackjack table. A celebration of the multitudes without and within. In a world that expects women to take care of everyone else except themselves, and find validation and value in such self-negation, Felice Belle's Viscera is an unflinching practice and declaration of defining oneself for oneself, with radical acceptance of the great, and challenging, consequences of doing so.
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Felice Belle consumes and creates stories to make sense of the world and her place in it. As a poet and playwright, she has performed at the Apollo Theater, Joe's Pub at the Public Theater, TEDWomen and TEDCity2.0. Her writing has been published in several journals and anthologies including Oral Tradition, Bum Rush the Page and UnCommon Bonds: Women Reflect on Race and Friendship. Playwriting credits include Other Women, Game On! and It Is Reasonable to Expect. She holds a B.S. in industrial engineering from Columbia University, an M.A. in individualized study from NYU Gallatin and an M.F.A. in creative writing from Long Island University. She is a lecturer in the low-residency M.F.A. program at St. Francis College in Brooklyn and chief storyteller for the global nonprofit Narrative 4.
Table of Contents
Table of Contentspostcard from the moonsunday afternoon in harlemnext lifetimethis is how they break younina and frida enter the chatqueen's englishthe following does not depict any actual person or eventbaby, it's cold outsidethe one with the special guest starexceptionsyou are here.jay-z and obama make crust from scratchidle worshipne me quitte pasgamblingthis one goes out towhen they reminisce over youart of compromisethe one where you have amnesialand of make believein all honestythe distance between you and meon the midday m-103i'm only on instagram to follow drakethe one where you blow this popsicle standfor the recordbaptismyours as much as mine rockawayin passingthe day prince diedwe are left with what survives
Review
Felice Belle is a writer of brevity and power. Viscera is Felice Belle talking to us, and it is urgent and beautiful. --Jessica HagedornWhimsically masterful, moving, and profound, Viscera is a collection that captivates with every poem. Belle delves into the raw heart of magic and memory, pop culture and physics. Belle is a voice to be celebrated, who with every page turn breaks and then restores your ragged heart. --Jennifer Murphy, First ResponderI read the entire book with my hand clutching my chest. I laughed and I cried and I remembered people I've loved and lost and lost and loved--but that hand never left --Bassey Ikpi, New York Times Bestseller, I'm Telling the Truth but I'm LyingThe everyday and the ecstatic are both vividly rendered here, and the poems are vibrant odes to New York and to black music. Viscera is a collection built from an intoxicating range of references, beautifully constellated, delivered with intelligent soundplay and a powerfully beating heart. --Jamel Brinkley, WitnessFelice Belle is a visionary poet...Belle's poems are wickedly funny, full of sharp dialogue and precise imagery. There is a casual conversational elegance in Viscera that brings me so deeply close to a poet who is on top of her craft spilling truths from the mug of shattering heartbreak. --Regie Cabico, Nuyorican Poets Cafe Grand Slam Champion and Theater ArtistFelice Belle writes, "but i am an against-the-odds kind of girl" and then admits "i don't want the preacher / i want the pulpit." Indeed, these poems--riding the ambitious spirits of Prince, Drake, and Whitman--speak into the soul and inspire us all to stand taller, and braver too, especially in times of distress and heartache. Belle triumphantly reminds herself (and us) that "you were born for such a time as this." --Faisal Mohyuddin, The Displaced Children of Displaced Children
Review Quote
Whimsicallymasterful, moving, and profound, Viscera is a collection that captivatesyou with every poem. Belle delves into the raw heart of magic and memory, popculture and physics. This is an unforgettable journey, distinguished byexquisitely crafted poems on love and loss that time-travel between train ridesand trips to the moon. Belle is a voice to be celebrated, who with every pageturn breaks and then restores your ragged heart. --JenniferMurphy, First Responder
Excerpt from Book
"the systems we serve break because they weren't designed for us to survive" --from postcard from the moon"revolutionaries are not above compromise and jazz musicians must rehearse before they can improvise" --from next lifetime"planting a flag on the moon doesn't make it yours makes a hole in the moon" --from exceptions"here's what you learned about truth:claim you want moreand she will make you kneelwith reverence" --from you are here."trash can on every corner litter is a way of lifelife is a virtual prospect the internet is forever, they saywhat about the soul?" --from yours as much as mine"how will you/ structure your time today?/ drink smoke scroll let the destruction be intentional need routine/ long for a commute/ costume is no substitute for character--from we are left with what survives
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Viscera is poetry for people who think they hate poetry--quirky, accessible and pop-culture obsessed...for fans of 90 Day Fianc
Details ISBN Author Felice Belle Short Title Viscera Publisher Etruscan Press Language English Year 2023 ISBN-13 9798985882407 Format Paperback Publication Date 2023-08-22 Subtitle New and Selected Poems Imprint Etruscan Press Pages 96 DEWEY 811.6 Audience General We've got this
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