Selected Poems 2000-2020
Selected Poems 2000-2020 by Jc Mehta, published by Meadowlark on January 14, 2021, features a collection of 72 pages of poetry that explores themes of identity and family. This edition presents a curated selection of Mehta’s work, reflecting the voices of contemporary society and addressing complex realities through a poetic lens.
Readers will find that the poems in this collection offer a gritty and thought-provoking experience, illuminating various aspects of identity and personal history. The work is informed by Mehta’s background as a citizen of the Cherokee Nation and engages with American and Native American themes. This selection aims to provide an eye-opening perspective, inviting readers to reflect on their own understanding of identity and belonging.
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Winner of The Birdy Poetry Prize-2020
by Meadowlark Books
created to celebrate the voices of our era
“This Selected group of poems illuminates some harsh realities regarding identity. There are poems that smack a consciousness sideways. The poems have a real grit to them. For the reader, each poem will be an eye-opening experience.”
Poet/Professor Stanley E. Banks, Blue Beat Syncopation (Bookmark Press)
JC Mehta is an interdisciplinary artist, poet, author of several books, and citizen of the Cherokee Nation. Much of their work is informed by space, place, and ancestry. Mehta has served as the Editor in Chief of Crab Creek Review and has been awarded a number of art and research fellowships, including a First Peoples Fund fellowship and Eccles Centre Visiting fellowship at the British Library. Poetry-in-residency posts have taken Mehta to Crazy Horse Memorial, the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust in Britain, and Halcyon Arts Lab in Washington DC. Book awards include gold at the IPPY Awards, Book Excellence Awards, and Reader Views Literary Awards.
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