In their bold debut poetry collection, Akwaeke Emeziaward-winning author ofFreshwater, PET, The Death of Vivek Oji,andDear Senthuranimagines a new depth of belonging. Crafted of both divine and earthly materials, these poems travel from home to homesickness, tracing desire to surrender and abuse to survival, while mapping out a chosen family that includes the son of god, mary auntie, and magdalene with the chestnut eyes. Written from a spiritfirst perspective and celebrating the essence of self that is impossible to drown, kill, or reduce,Content Warning: Everythingdistills the radiant power and epic grief of a mischievous and wanting young deity, embodied.

Akwaeke Emezi (they/them) is the author of The Death of Vivek Oji, a New York Times bestseller; Pet, a finalist for the National Book Award for Young Peoples Literature; and Freshwater, which was named a New York Times Notable Book and shortlisted for the PEN/Hemingway Award, the New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award, the Lambda Literary Award, and the Center for Fictions First Novel Prize. Selected as a 5 Under 35 honoree by the National Book Foundation, they are based in liminal spaces.

• Publisher:Copper Canyon Press (April 5, 2022)
• Language:English
• Paperback:64 pages
• ISBN-10:1556596294
• ISBN-13:9781556596292
• Item Weight:1 pound
• Alt: Content Warning Everything