McKoy, Ashieda Montera2025-05-072025-05-072020-05-06vt_gsexam:25401https://hdl.handle.net/10919/129376Black Metropolis is a poetry collection that captures a black urban landscape. In remixing form and syntax, the collection zooms in on real people, their language, and their culture. The collection ultimately tells the story of a place and people that are familiar with the struggles of capitalism and carry the weight of their histories in their daily conversations and interactions. The poems also emphasize how a Black Metropolis is not a monolith, instead it is our familial connections, bodies, religious affiliations, gender and sexuality, access to education and wealth, that make us all unique, but also binds us together.ETDThis item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. Some uses of this item may be deemed fair and permitted by law even without permission from the rights holder(s), or the rights holder(s) may have licensed the work for use under certain conditions. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights holder(s).: black urban landscapeblack vernacularqueernessmotheringfatnesscommunityblack bodies and femininityhistoricalsocial and political meditationviolenceThesis