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by Samari Zysk
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Availability:In StockContributor:Samari ZyskTheme:Topical/LGBTQ+Publish date:6/25/2026Pages:66
Languages:EnglishPublisher:New Words {Press}ISBN-13:9781968528041ISBN-10:1968528040UPC:9781968528041Book Category:PoetryBook Subcategory:American, LGBTQ+, Subjects & ThemesBook Topic:Diversity & MulticulturalSize:8.00 x 8.00 x 0.18 inchesWeight:0.154Product ID:SCYR7WA91Y

samari zysk's haunting debut, it answers to my name, is an autobiographical collection of poetry that explores the boundary between language and identity. is it possible to love a language, despite its inability to hold all of you? a language that was not made for survival- for those who live on the margins?

it answers to my name is not just a coming-out, but a coming home. samari reminds us "in this story, words are wounds, entry points." these wounds are a howl of joy, of anger, of freedom, of grief. it answers to my name chronicals lived-through unrealities. what we encounter here is not real, perhaps even impossible, but it is the truth.

and it will answer.

Languages:EnglishPublisher:New Words {Press}ISBN-13:9781968528041ISBN-10:1968528040UPC:9781968528041Book Category:PoetryBook Subcategory:American, LGBTQ+, Subjects & ThemesBook Topic:Diversity & MulticulturalSize:8.00 x 8.00 x 0.18 inchesWeight:0.154Product ID:SCYR7WA91Y
Zysk, Samari: - samari zysk (they/them) is a queer Jewish poet, musician, artist, and prolific overthinker born in Salt Lake City, Utah. they earned their BA from The Evergreen State College and later graduated from Mills College with their MFA in poetry. samari has always deeply loved fables and monsters and will never stop looking for truth and beauty in all things. they currently live in the Pacific Northwest with their beloved cat.
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