Because You Were Mine Janae Brionne
Because You Were Mine Janae Brionne In their latest collection of poems, Because You Were Mine, Cave Canem Poetry Prize winner Brionne Janae dives into the deep, unsettled waters of intimate partner…
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Because You Were Mine Janae Brionne
In their latest collection of poems, Because You Were Mine, Cave Canem Poetry Prize winner Brionne Janae dives into the deep, unsettled waters of intimate partner violence, queerness, grief, and survival. "I've decided I can't trust anyone who uses darkness as a metaphor for what they fear," poet Brionne Janae writes in this stunning new collection, in which the speaker navigates past and present traumas and interrogates familial and artistic lineages, queer relationships, positions of power, and community.Because You Were Mine is an intimate look at love, loneliness, and what it costs to survive abuse at the hands of those meant to be "protectors." In raw, confessional, image-heavy poems, Janae explores the aftershocks of the dangerous entanglement of love and possession in parent-child