2019 National Book Award Longlist:
"Centering on black, female identity, [this is] an exquisite and thoughtful collection." -
Bustle
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.
A finalist for the PEN Open Book Award,
Build Yourself a Boat redefines the language of collective and individual trauma through lyric and memory.
"With
Build Yourself a Boat, Camonghne Felix heralds a thrillingly new form of storytelling." -Morgan Parker, author of
Magical Negro
