Baker, Quenton
ballast
- ISBN 13:
- 9781642599022
- author:
- Baker, Quenton
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Haymarket Books
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2023
- Pages:
- 150
- Dimensions:
- 22.9 x 15.2 x 0.8 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Poetry, American, African American,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Ballast is a poetic sequence that uses the 1841 slave revolt aboard the brig Creole as a lens to view the vitality of Black lives and the afterlife of slavery. In 1841, 135 people escaped chattel slavery on the ship, an event recounted in US Senate documents. Quenton Baker's book takes a unique approach to retelling this story, using imagination, deep empathy, and skilled lyricism to recreate the narrative. By rephrasing the state's account through a process of redaction, Baker connects readers to his poetic process. This is a relentless, wrenching, and gorgeously written book that reclaims one of the most important but overlooked events in US history.
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