{"product_id":"permanent-record-paperback-3","title":"Permanent Record - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNaima Yael Tokunow\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA visionary anthology that examines and reimagines the archive as a form of collective record-keeping, featuring work by Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Douglas Kearney, Brenda Shaughnessy, Mahogany L. Brown, and many new and emerging voices.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInspired by Naima Yael Tokunow's research into the Black American record (and its purposeful scarceness), \u003ci\u003ePermanent Record\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003easks, what do we gain when we engage with our flawed cultural systems of remembrance? How does questioning and creating a deep relationship to the archive, and in some cases, spinning thread from air where there is none, allow us to prefigure the world that we want? Including reflections on identity and language, diasporic and first generation lived experiences, and responses to the ways the record upholds harm and provides incomplete understandings, \u003ci\u003ePermanent Record\u003c\/i\u003e hopes to reframe what gets to be a part of collective remembrance, exploring \"possibilities for speculating beyond recorded multiplicity.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNaima Yael Tokunow is a writer, educator, artist, and editor, living in New Mexico. Her work focuses on exploring Black queer femme identity, kinship, and futurity. She is the author of three chapbooks, \u003ci\u003eMAKE WITNESS\u003c\/i\u003e (2016), \u003ci\u003ePlanetary Bodies\u003c\/i\u003e (2019), out from \u003ci\u003eBlack Warrior Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eShadow Black\u003c\/i\u003e, selected by Pulitzer Prize winner Jericho Brown for the Frontier Digital Chapbook Prize in 2020. She proudly edits the Black Voice Series for Puerto del Sol and reads for \u003ci\u003ePOETRY Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e. For selections of her work, visit naimaytokunow.com. She is blessed to be Black and alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 11, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47353654214905,"sku":"9781643622422","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/hZ2rXWG-q29781643622422_606330f5-bf7c-420a-ae89-69eaebbef0bb.webp?v=1769825629","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/permanent-record-paperback-3","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}