Morgan Parker writes poetry and essays about Black womanhood, American culture, desire, celebrity and the pressures of being seen through inherited stereotypes. There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé mixes pop-cultural figures with personal and political language, while Magical Negroes confronts racial performance, violence and the idea of Blackness as public spectacle. Other work moves between lyric, monologue and cultural criticism. Parker's voice is sharp, ironic and formally varied. Readers browsing contemporary American poetry, Black feminist writing, pop-culture criticism and poetry that uses public icons to examine private experience are the closest match. Read more Less
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