Description
Tartarus marks author Ty Chapman’s bold entrance into poetry.
Between three sections of Basquiat-inspired vignettes, Tartarus offers the reader an unflinching look into Chapman’s emerging understanding of his relationship to Black masculinity through familial ties, the oscillation between nihilism and hope, and the ever present tensions felt moving through a state which sees the existence of your body as an inherent danger.
Praise for Ty Chapman
Tartarus drags the underworld to the surface, weaving myth and history into a current landscape both otherworldly and all too familiar.
— Ollie Schminkey, Where I Dry the FlowersÂ
Poetry often centers the juxtaposition of the miraculous and the mundane, but rarely is it done with this level of precision, intentionality, and care. An unforgettable debut.
— Kyle Tran Myhre, Not a Lot of Reasons to Sing, But Enough
Ty Chapman’s debut will bite down and not let go until it’s goddamn good and ready… each poem a tempest and a broken prayer.
— Sun Yung Shin, The Wet Hex
About Ty Chapman
Ty Chapman is the author of SARAH RISING (Beaming 2022); LOOKING FOR HAPPY (Beaming 2023); A DOOR MADE FOR ME, written with Tyler Merritt (WorthyKids 2022); TARTARUS (Button Poetry 2024); as well as multiple forthcoming children’s books through… MORE