Freedom House by KB Brookins Paperback Book 9781646052639

Freedom House is a poetry collection that explores internal interpersonal and systemic freedom In this debut fulllength collection KB Brookins formally diverse musicinfluenced poetry explores transness politics of the body gentrification sexual violence climate change masculinity and afrofuturism while chronicling their transition and walking readers through different quotroomsquot The speaker isnt afraid to call themselves out while also bending time displaying the terror of being Blackqueertrans in Texas and more all while using humor and craft What does freedom look like What can we learn from nature and our past How do you reintroduce yourself in a world that refuses queerness How can we use poetry as a tool in the toolbox that helps build freedom This collection explores those questions and manifests a world where Black queer and trans people get to live