This Glittering Republic - by Quenton Baker (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Poetry collection by Quenton Baker. Baker is a poet and educator from Seattle. His current focus is the fact of blackness in American society. His work has appeared in Vinyl, Apogee, Poetry Northwest, The James Franco Review, Cura and in the anthologies Measure for Measure: An Anthology of Poetic Meters and It Was Written: Poetry Inspired by Hip-Hop. Baker has an MFA in Poetry from the University of Southern Maine and is a two-time Pushcart Prize nominee. He is a 2015-2016 Made at Hugo House fellow and the recipient of the 2016 James W. Ray Venture Project Award. He is also the author of the chapbook Diglossic in the Second America from Punch Press. This Glittering Republic is his first full-length collection.

Review Quotes

"Still, the American story is torture to some of us-though the marks aren't usually visible these days. Most citizens know we desperately need some way to name what we all had better start learning about what's happening in our streets regarding race, representation, history, and violence. In language as beautiful as it is merciless, these poems comprise a primer for the discussion that must be ongoing if we are ever to establish a just and sane society." -Tim Seibles, author Fast Animal "This Glittering Republic will save you with its Holy Blackness whether you want to be saved or not- Baker's work unapologetically hovers over and, houses a place of surrender and pain each poem a roadmap for systemic blood clotting...a place of giants, boys, neighbors and all things between: God cast a shadow on the branches and spit stuck in my thick naps." -Anastacia Renee, author of 26