Description
Living at Baggage Claim is a collection of poems & tales across time. Based on experiences and trials while on tour as a traveling artist, Matam blends elements of West-African folklore and contemporary poetics to journey through the eyes of The Boy – a reflection of their inner child and an impossible future – trying to honor who they are by accepting who they were always meant to be. But in order to get there, you must let go of all your baggage. Especially the ones that do not belong to you.
Praise for PAGES Matam
PAGES Matam writes beautiful poems, but more importantly, he writes poems that are heavy with truth. Living at Baggage Claim is a deep pondering on the things he inherited, the grief, the exile, the longing, the memories, but also the ability to lay some of that weight down.
— Ainsley Burrows, author of The Spellcaster’s Manual
Living at Baggage Claim by PAGES Matam is bold in honesty and tender in recollection. PAGES’ voice is lyrical, fearless, and deeply humane in blending West African folklore with contemporary storytelling.
— Ebony Stewart, author of BloodFresh
About PAGES Matam
PAGES Matam (They/He), is a genderqueer med school drop-out turned award-winning multi-hyphenate, pleasure advocate and agent of imagination. Their work as a film-poet is fueled by Toni Morrison’s words: “the function of freedom is to free someone else,”… MORE