The Black Condition ft. Narcissus by Jayy Dodd

'Who is Narcissus? If I thought I knew the answer to that question, I no longer do.

'This collection by jayy dodd be a Black soundtrack remixing a questioning condition―be a pristine 16―bars: poplocking & unlocking all our imprisoned ignorance―be a praise song―blasphemous & righteous simultaneous―an altar―an alter ego―a negro narcissus blowing kisses at the mirror of their divine fineness―yes, lawd, these poems root us in the truth―sprout lovely―the opposite of wilt―they 'flower in your hand'―bloom sonic in your ear like anti-anthem shading flamboyant & deathdropping to the pulse of its own parade. “A poet, visual/performance artist, and writer, their work marvelously speaks to culture, Blackness, queer theory, and gender, while taking on a unique and fine-tuned post-internet aesthetic.”―Devyn Springer, AFROPUNK The presence of “tongues” is laid out across the whole book the speaker's language belongs exclusively to them.”―Logan February, The Bind “In Mannish Tongues, jayy dodd demonstrates a mastery of lyric, and more than that: they fully inhabit language, manipulating it so intimately that every proclamation doubles as a confession. Their new collection, Mannish Tongues, equal parts testimony and performance, both sings and mourns the Black body, the church, the spaces we inhabit, our identities.”―Devin Kelly, Entropy Magazine “A jayy dodd poem is a jayy dodd poem: singular, wrought, rhythmic, pulsing.

The Black Condition ft. Narcissus by Jayy Dodd