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    Roadmap
    Roadmap
    Roadmap
    Ebook94 pages47 minutes

    Roadmap

    By Monica Prince

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    In this radical twenty-first century choreopoem, Dorian, a youngAmerican Black man, is tasked by an ancestral spirit to thwart hisinevitable murder. He traces his family tree, from his grandmother tohis offspring, uncovering secrets of sex work, self-harm, and assaultalongside snapshots of #BlackBoyJoy. Guided by The Novelist, anomniscient muse, and her troupe of dancers, Dorian must interrogatehis legacy, forgive his past, and reckon with being Black in modernAmerica. He tries on different selves and possible futures in his increasingdesperation to experience the luxury of growing old and finding solacedespite institutional racism declaring him a threat. Through the poetry,dance, and song of Roadmap, will Dorian overcome the odds or becomeanother hashtag?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSanta Fe Writer's Project
    Release dateJul 1, 2023
    ISBN9781951631307
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