Rummage, IfeChudeni A. Oputa
Rummage, IfeChudeni A. Oputa
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Rummage

Author: Ife-Chudeni A. Oputa

Narrator: Ife-Chudeni A. Oputa

Unabridged: 1 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 08/29/2017


Synopsis

Winner of the 2015 Little A Poetry Contest.A journey through girlhood, self-discovery, and the little acts of violence we inflict on one another.In an astounding debut poetry collection, Cave Canem, Callaloo, and Lambda Literary fellow Ife-Chudeni A. Oputa presents a relentless but refined portrait of one young woman’s journey toward self-discovery. Her poems explore the eternal themes of the human condition—nature, origin, shame, identity, desire, mortality—with sensitivity and specificity. They illuminate and interrogate the ways that her characters inflict and experience pain, ultimately revealing how we must all face our shame in order to grow. No voice is blameless; no person is exempt. Divided into four sections, the collection reads as a life cycle of emotional metamorphosis: girlhood and sexuality, trauma, relationships, and grief. Rummage is a wildly courageous and lyrical book full of music, metaphor, and the power of memory.

About Ife-Chudeni A. Oputa

Ife-Chudeni A. Oputa is a Cave Canem, Callaloo, and Lambda Literary fellow. Her poetry and prose have appeared or are forthcoming in Matter, Some Call It Ballin’, Gabby, the Los Angeles Review of Books, and elsewhere. She is a native of Fresno, California.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Mike

No shade on this one, just really wasn't my thing.......more

I won this through a goodreads giveaway and I've been flipping through it repeatedly and it somehow finds me in those moments where I really need it. I know this is gendered towards women but I honestly connect with a lot of the moments that were my lived experiences for example Kwansaba for my moth......more


Quotes

“Oputa utilizes searing imagery and provocative language in her intimate and powerful debut.…This is an unapologetic collection that deflates romanticism about girlhood and exposes the ways in which innocence can act as a liability.” Publishers Weekly“A powerful debut, structured around four themes: shame, identity, physicality, and spirituality. “Kwansaba For My Mother” is a seven-line wonder, the type of poem to read again and again to reflect on its weight.”The Millions, Must-Read Poetry: August 2017