Patricide Hanif Abdurraqib the Spirits transmutes lyric to

the Spirits transmutes lyric to liberation

good luck in the real world is a hard-earned and swervy testimony

political yet passionately personal

you're gonna meet someone too smart to love you

as jagged as it may be

Patricide Hanif Abdurraqib the Spirits transmutes lyric toDave Harris, 2019. From the writer of the films SUMMERTIME and FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, Dave Harris's stellar poetry debut takes a nuanced look at the complexities of black masculinity. Patricide weighs those complexities and how they impact a lineage of black boys who fight to become men in the image of their fathers. More than just a book about fear or death centered on being black in America, Patricide illuminates the internal struggle to be the best