The Black Condition ft. Narcissus by Jayy Dodd

She has been interviewed by Entropy, Fields, Los Angeles Review of Books, and VIDA, and was a 2017 Lambda Literary Writers Retreat Fellow. She has cited Essex Hemphill, Pepper LaBieja, and Gil Scott-Heron as influences on her work.

dodd's editorial work include A Portrait in Blues (Platypus Press, 2017) and Bettering American Poetry Volume 2 (Bettering Books, 2017).ĭodd is gender non-conforming and black, and has used her work to address gender, race, sexuality, and their intersections. Her nonfiction and commentary has been published by Roxane Gay's Gay Mag, Entropy, Medium, Poetry Foundation, and Vice, and her choreography, performance, and music have been featured in Datableed Zine and All of Us Witches. Her poetry has been published by Academy of American Poets' Poem-a-Day, Assaracus: A Journal of Gay Poetry, BOAAT Journal, Guernica, Hyperallergic, LitHub, The Offing, and elsewhere. Narcissus is a timely collection of deeply moving poetry.' Bookriot wrote that it 'feels like a fairytale.' Bustle Magazine wrote that 'Tracking jayy dodd's transition and the rise of Trump's America, The Black Condition ft. Narcissus, published by Nightboat Books in 2019, and Mannish Tongues (released by Platypus Press in 2017). After college, dodd was involved with Black Lives Matter in Boston before becoming a full-time artist and returning to the West Coast.ĭodd's published works include The Black Condition ft. She is an only child and went to boarding school in Connecticut before attending Tufts University, studying sociology and dance. 4 Resubmitting after improving sources to establish notabilityĭodd grew up in California in a Christian family, with parents from Louisiana and Texas who are both ministers.

The Black Condition ft. Narcissus by Jayy Dodd