Interlocutor Goddess by Jasmine Reid

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Interlocutor Goddess

Autumn House Press

Interlocutor Goddess

by Jasmine Reid

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"Jasmine Reid writes a shapeful, theoretical work involved in the rigorous attending to emergent selves and the languages made in calling them into being." --aracelis girmay

Interlocutor Goddess explores the creation of a trans language for selfhood within an exilic state of "ecstatic grief."

Reid's experimental work challenges societal norms, particularly the family as a political construct while reflecting on the trans experiences of a queer Black woman. The poems grapple with oppressive systems of separation and colonial legacies, rejecting extractive, empire-driven paradigms, and gender essentialism. Within her collection, Reid envisions alternative, ethical ways of being, rooted in unity and wholeness and finds kinship with the rhythms and lifeways of the natural world--soil, stars, and water.

Her poetry employs a trans-lyricism, weaving together dual meanings through homonyms, homophones, and portmanteaus to create a layered, fugitive language that resists rigid classifications. At its core, Interlocutor Goddess is an act of transfiguration, a celebration of girlhood, and a reclamation of wholeness for all who exist beyond imposed boundaries.
Book Details
Publisher:
Autumn House Press
ISBN:
9781637681114
Binding:
Paperback
Pages:
134
Authors:
Jasmine Reid
Published Date:
2025-09-30
Language:
English
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About Jasmine Reid

A Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominee, Jasmine Reid earned a BA from Tufts University and an MFA from Cornell University, later teaching at Cornell and Pratt Institute. Danez Smith selected her chapbook Deus Ex Nigrum (Honeysuckle Press, 2020) as winner of the 2018 Honeysuckle Press Chapbook Contest; Aracelis Girmay awarded her full-length collection Interlocutor Goddess (Autumn House Press, 2025) the 2024 CAAPP Book Prize. Fellowships from Cave Canem, the Jerome Foundation, Poets House, and Jack Jones Literary Arts have supported work published in Kenyon Review, Virginia Quarterly Review, and the Academy of American Poets' Poem-a-Day series. Raised in Baltimore, she now teaches as a clinical assistant professor of writing in liberal studies at New York University.

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