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Wednesday, May 9, 2018

"Roof Nightclub" by Ishion Hutchinson

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May 9, 2018
 

Roof Nightclub

 
Ishion Hutchinson
Ishion Hutchinson reads "Roof Nightclub."

About This Poem

 

"Jamaican dub music creates and destroys an aesthetic of nobility. It respects no other system but the sound system. Pure intimacy is its core, though, an intimacy that turns chaos into joy: 'forget your sorrow and dance.' So, we do."
—Ishion Hutchinson

 

Ishion Hutchinson is the author of House of Lords and Commons (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016). He was born in Port Antonio, Jamaica, and teaches at Cornell University.

Poetry by Hutchinson

 

House of Lords and Commons

(Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016)

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