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Magical Negro: Poems
National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry · 2019 · Winner
Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry | 2019 | Winner |
About This Book
Morgan Parker's third collection interrogates the 'magical negro' trope and the performance of Blackness in America through pop-culture allusions, persona poems, and lyric essays. Winner of the NBCC Award for Poetry.
About the Author
Morgan Parker is an American poet and novelist whose work has been widely praised for its formal innovation, cultural criticism, and engagement with Black womanhood, celebrity, and grief. Born in San Bernardino, California, she holds an MFA in Poetry from Columbia University's School of the Arts. Her third poetry collection, Magical Negro (2019), won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry and was hailed as a tour de force meditation on Blackness in America, drawing on pop culture, American history, and personal lyric. Read more →
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