THE MONUMENTAL MISREMEMBERINGS
the monumental misrememberings is a meditation on death. It’s a curious insight on the creative and violent ways in which Black girls, women, trans women and femmes often become displaced, experience death, and subjugation as a result of patriarchal systems in America. This debut collection of poems by Mimi Tempestt operates through this specific lens, not to romanticize the pain of Black femme bodies, but to bring light to this sadistic truth. When we turn on the television, when we log into social media, when we look in the mirror, the normalcy of how often and creatively Black women are murdered weighs on our conscience. the monumental misrememberings addresses our unwillingness to grapple with these violences, and places front and center the realities faced by Black femmes.
Size: 5" x 7.5", 88 pages, perfect bound.
Self published by Co—Conspirator Press with the support of Feminist Center for Creative Work.
Designed by MJ Balvanera, riso-printed by Neko Natalia, Binding by Southgate Bindery. First edition published November 2020, edition of 500.
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MIMI TEMPESTT
Mimi Tempestt (she/they) is a multidisciplinary artist, writer, and daughter of California. She has a MA in Literature from Mills College, and is currently a doctoral candidate in the Creative/Critical PhD in Literature at UC Santa Cruz. Her first book, the monumental misrememberings, was published with Co-Conspirator Press//The Feminist Center for Creative Work in 2020. In 2021, she was selected for participation in the Lambda Literary Writers Retreat for Emerging LGBTQ Voices & writers, and was a Creative Fellow at The Ruby in San Francisco. Her second book, the delicacy of embracing spirals, is forthcoming with City Lights in 2023. Her works can be found in Foglifter, Interim Poetics, and The Studio Museum in Harlem.
GENDER REVEAL PARTY POSTER (SOLD OUT)
This folded poster is an excerpt from a graphic poem of the same name from the monumental misrememberings by mimi tempestt.
Proceeds go directly to the author and their choice of mutual aid funds dedicated to Black femmes to redistribute to.
Size 11x17" folded, single sided poster on Newsprint with purple ink.
Edition of 200.
POSTCARD SET FROM THE MONUMENTAL MISREMEMBERINGS
This set of 5 postcards are each excerpted from a graphic poem of the same name from the monumental misrememberings by mimi tempestt.
Size 6x4" double sided postcard on Springhill Digital Orchid paper with purple ink.
Edition of 200.