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    Capable Monsters
    Capable Monsters
    Capable Monsters
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    Capable Monsters

    By Marlin M Jenkins

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    Capable Monsters moves through entries of the poké mon encyclopedia— the Poké dex— as a way to navigate concerns of identity: otherness, what it means to be considered a monster, how we fit into a larger societal ecosystem. To make space for the validity of oft-dismissed subject material, Marlin M. Jenkins asserts the symbolic, thematic, and narrative richness of worlds like the world of Poké mon: his poems use poké mon as a way to explore cataloguing, childhood, race, queerness, violence, and the messiness of being a human in a world of humans.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBull City Press
    Release dateFeb 18, 2020
    ISBN9781949344189
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      Capable Monsters - Marlin M Jenkins

      Capable Monsters

      poems

      Marlin M. Jenkins

      Capable Monsters

      Copyright © 2020 by Marlin M. Jenkins

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, scanned, or distributed in any printed or electronic form without permission.

      Published in the United States of America

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Jenkins, Marlin M.

      Capable Monsters: poems / by Marlin M. Jenkins

      p.    cm.

      ISBN-13: 978-1-949344-18-9

      Book design by Spock and Associates

      Cover artwork by Maria Krutz

      Published by

      BULL CITY PRESS

      1217 Odyssey Drive

      Durham, NC 27713

      http://bullcitypress.com

      A NOTE ON TEXT SIZE FOR E-BOOK READERS

      When reading poetry in an e-book edition, your device settings may reformat the lines. To ensure that you are viewing these poems as the author intended, please adjust your settings so that the following line fits entirely on one line on your screen.

      me with it—air-filled spirit not tethered to anything. We could

      for my father who, when I asked, as a small child, if he thought charizard or blastoise was better, said he couldn’t answer the question without more information

      and for my mother, who, when asked, if pokémon were real would you get me one? said, No

      and for Atatiana Jefferson

      where there be monsters whose teeth

      are sharp and sparkle with lost

      people. lost poems. who

      among us can imagine ourselves

      unimagined?

      —lucille clifton, here yet be dragons

      You humans are a dangerous species. You brought me into your world with no purpose but to be your slave. But now I have my own purpose.

      —Mewtwo, Pokémon: The First Movie

      I have a request of you…On the desk there

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