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Vigil

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Vigil is an eloquent and elegant story in poems, told from the afterlife by dead teenagers who were victims of a school shooting. Like Edgar Lee Masters's Spoon River Anthology, Bevins's poems give voice to the souls who can no longer speak for themselves. The afterlife for this bunch of teenagers, as it turns out, is full of gossip and idle chatter, not unlike the school halls they wandered in life. Even from the beyond, they have the same wishes, fears, hopes, and dreams as those they left behind. Vigil is a poetic condemnation of the gun violence that plagues the United States, but it is also a celebration of life.

Product Details

Publisherbd-studios.com
Publish DateJuly 16, 2021
Pages170
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook iconPaperback / softback
EAN/UPC9781950231966
Dimensions8.5 X 5.5 X 0.5 inches | 0.6 pounds
BISAC Categories: Poetry

About the Author

Dudgrick Bevins is a queer interdisciplinary artist from North Georgia who lives, teaches, and creates in New York City. His poetry volumes are published by bd-studios.com and Poet's Haven; he has also appeared in Peregrine and Common Ground Review, the micro-anthology Queer, Rural, American (University of Louisville Press), as well as various other online journals. He lives with his partner, the ghosts of two hedgehogs, and various other spirits who occasionally make themselves known. You can follow the artist and see a complete list of his publications and video work at www.dudgrickbevins.com.

Reviews

"In a time where we must continue to scream 'Black Lives Matter!' as police officers strangle Black and Brown people in the streets; in a time where women, queers and trans people must still fight to prove their humanity to cishet White men who scoff at their concerns; and in a time where the voices of our youth are taken away from us before they're even given a chance to recognize their own potential, Vigil reminds the rest of America, once again, to listen." -Kyle Jackson, Bear World / Queer Forty

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