Nestled against the backdrop of Seattle's flora, fauna, and
cityscape, Luther Hughes' debut poetry collection wrestles with the
interior and exterior symbiosis of a gay Black man finding refuge
from the threat of depression and death through love and desire.
Hughes draws readers into a Seattle that is heavily entrenched in
violent anti-Blackness, and full of vulnerable and personal
encounters from both the speaker's past and present. With reverent
and careful imagery, Hughes fashions deeply saturated, tender
vignettes that reckon relationships between family and friends,
lovers, nature, and the police-state. A Shiver in the Leaves is
stunningly cinematic in its layered portrayal of the never-ending
dualities of a queer Black poet's life in the city. Hughes's
interrogation of selfhood renders a sharply intimate and viscerally
powerful reimagining of what it means to be alive in a body, and
what it can mean to live.
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