
Consider the Rooster
by Oliver Baez Bendorf
Title:
Consider the Rooster
Author:
Oliver Baez Bendorf
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
124 pages, Illustrations
Publisher:
Nightboat Books
ISBN-13:
9781643622385
EAN:
9781643622385
Classifications:
Poetry
Weight (g):
544
Dimensions (mm):
281 x 217 x 14
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST POETRY COLLECTIONS OF 2024 BY LIT HUB AND ELECTRIC LITERATUREFINALIST FOR THE 2024 NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD IN POETRYFINALIST FOR THE 2025 CLMP FIRECRACKER AWARD IN POETRYFINALIST FOR THE LAMBDA AWARD FOR TRANSGENDER POETRYConsider the Rooster serves as an ode to a rooster’s crow, a catalyst for awakening, both literally and figuratively.Amidst the Covid-19 Pandemic, the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder by police, and the resulting upsurge in reactionary right-wing militia violence, a neighbor in Kalamazoo, Michigan threatens to call the police after discovering the author’s pet rooster. The rooster sounds the alarm and our author wakes to revolutionary transformation. An ecological consciousness embedded in these verses invites readers to acknowledge their place in a web of relations. Oliver Baez Bendorf’s voice resounds through liminal spaces, at dusk and dawn, across personal meditations and wider cultural awakenings to form a collection overflowing with freedom, rebellion, mischief, and song.










