Steffani Jemison – A Rock, A River, A Street
Where does your body end and the world begin? How do you locate the limit between your self and others? A Rock, A River, A Street follows a young, Black woman who lives at the hazy border between Brooklyn and Queens in the not so distant present. As she rides the subway, walks around her neighbourhood, visits the doctor, watches movies, attends dance class, and tries to heal her body, we are brought into her conflicted relationship with language, as she recalls formative experiences from her childhood and absorbs the world around her. Acutely conscious of the soft, responsive nature of her physical self, and pushed and pulled by forces she cannot control, the narrator is vulnerable, terrifyingly open. Everything and everyone leaves an impression. Steffani Jemison moves deftly across narrative genres and styles in this novella, as she interrogates the boundedness of the self, the possibilities of plurality, and the limits of performance.
132 pages, 15 x 21cm, softcover, Primary Information (New York).
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Steffani Jemison – A Rock, A River, A Street
Where does your body end and the world begin? How do you locate the limit between your self and others? A Rock, A River, A Street follows a young, Black woman who lives at the hazy border between Brooklyn and Queens in the not so distant present. As she rides the subway, walks around her neighbourhood, visits the doctor, watches movies, attends dance class, and tries to heal her body, we are brought into her conflicted relationship with language, as she recalls formative experiences from her childhood and absorbs the world around her. Acutely conscious of the soft, responsive nature of her physical self, and pushed and pulled by forces she cannot control, the narrator is vulnerable, terrifyingly open. Everything and everyone leaves an impression. Steffani Jemison moves deftly across narrative genres and styles in this novella, as she interrogates the boundedness of the self, the possibilities of plurality, and the limits of performance.
132 pages, 15 x 21cm, softcover, Primary Information (New York).
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Where does your body end and the world begin? How do you locate the limit between your self and others? A Rock, A River, A Street follows a young, Black woman who lives at the hazy border between Brooklyn and Queens in the not so distant present. As she rides the subway, walks around her neighbourhood, visits the doctor, watches movies, attends dance class, and tries to heal her body, we are brought into her conflicted relationship with language, as she recalls formative experiences from her childhood and absorbs the world around her. Acutely conscious of the soft, responsive nature of her physical self, and pushed and pulled by forces she cannot control, the narrator is vulnerable, terrifyingly open. Everything and everyone leaves an impression. Steffani Jemison moves deftly across narrative genres and styles in this novella, as she interrogates the boundedness of the self, the possibilities of plurality, and the limits of performance.
132 pages, 15 x 21cm, softcover, Primary Information (New York).
