The Crown Ain't Worth Much May 17\ Pulling examples from Button Poetry’s

Pulling examples from Button Poetry’s catalog

author of Invasive Species

– Christell Victoria Roach

This book requires readers to reflect on who we are

meticulous and astute poet

The Crown Ain't Worth Much May 17\ Pulling examples from Button Poetry’sHanif Abdurraqib, 2016. The Crown Ain't Worth Much, Hanif Abdurraqib's first full length collection, is a sharp and vulnerable portrayal of city life in the United States. New York Times best selling author, Abdurraqib brings his interest in pop culture to these poems, analyzing race, gender, family, and the love that finally holds us together even as it threatens to break us. The poems in this collection are challenging and accessible at once, as