{"product_id":"powell-sade-goodmuddypb","title":"[11\/01\/26] powell, sadé: goodmuddy","description":"\u003cp\u003eUgly Duckling Presse, chapbook\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: November 1, 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003egoodmuddy\u003c\/em\u003e gathers fragments into a sequence of concrete poems that works through mud as both material and condition, where black vernacular, scripture, and everyday life converge. composed on a mechanical typewriter, the poems move through white space as a field of pressure. moving between social atmosphere and intimate address, \u003cem\u003egoodmuddy\u003c\/em\u003e traces what it means to hold contact between the street, the body, the Word without clearing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003esadé powell is a concrete poet from new york city. using a 1930s royal typewriter, her work explores black vernacularity, orthographic disruption, and the poetics of concealment. she composes typographic scores that dwell in dissemblance, sonic interruption, and illegibility as modes of black feminist poethics. her work has been supported by The Brooklyn Rail, The Poetry Project, the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, the Whitney Independent Study Program, Center for Book Arts, Staten Island Arts, Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, and Hand Papermaking Magazine, among others. she is a jerome fellow in literature and holds an MA in performance studies from NYU tisch. she has a chaplet called \u003cem\u003eperiodluv\u003c\/em\u003e with belladonna collaborative. her chapbook \u003cem\u003ewordtomydead\u003c\/em\u003e (ugly duckling presse) received the 2025 anna rabinowitz award, and her debut collection \u003cem\u003edontbeabitterbtch\u003c\/em\u003e is out now with selva oscura press.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"On Good Muddy \/ since we know everything and tender in between \/ ''now we get it'' on the slowed down scene \/ notwithstanding strait bird and dogs' logged \/ Hark and lickity split can wee take on new meaning \/ thanks to the visual language of Sadé Powell \/ script intercept ed poetry incript be Phar a see ickle be the Jesus joint \/ oracle Urkle pulling in fanciful or not you killin' me \/ dude spot on marveling at \/ the blank page not tryin' \/ too hard oar two much \/ curve ing down one side \/ out the hunch on \/ rectangular plank letters may look \/ undone better too than indirect thanks be \/ diagonal limb cut tree can wee bee \/ slam and see that we rephrase a phase \/ please be at least more language free \/ connect with imagined visual lees almost they're \/ there typed like penman ship was bust ed at first \/ roof of mouth hard to grasp gag grip center of judgement out when bought \/ as slave to the storm roof nave and the rest up theirs cartooning holes \/ left out screaming dope whose in doubt language can fill ore knot \/ this aw full silk paper centered is what muddy's got wormwood rot to the right.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e—candace hill montgomery\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45630357635095,"sku":"9778329194865","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/files\/1789513724-900.png?v=1790284423","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/powell-sade-goodmuddypb","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}