Boolean Logic by Morgan Christie Extract

Powerful and lyrical essays from a new and noteworthy poet and fiction writer. Morgan Christie’s new book explores current social themes of race, gender inequity, socioeconomic disparities.

How do experiences define us when viewed through a Boolean Logic lens, where sums do not always equal their parts?

These essays intertwine sport, family, and community and how identities are shaped through lineage and the lessons we take from them.

The following is an extract from Boolean Logic

Sewing Dresses
“My grandmother’s hands are steadier than mine, guiding the seams of the cloth the way I used to guide my bounce passes. She starts with the shoulder seams, their connection and even keel are the perfect benchmark for the rest of the dress’s alignment. When she borders the hem, her fingers run next to the beating needle, the presser foot as firm as her own against the pedal I cannot see. She told me to try sewing the zipper, it was easy, a straight shot. My hands run faster than my wind sprints, guiding the thread through the garment and twisting it together like the bungled legs of a defender that didn’t know they weren’t supposed to cross their feet on a side shuffle.

“She touches my shoulder as if to tell me to slow down, but I cannot undo the knot. Its resiliency and attachment to the pattern is unnerving but familiar, something as unmoving as a pick set right or a zone moving in unison.”

About the Author

Morgan Christie’s work has appeared in Room, Hawai’i Review, Sport Literate, and elsewhere. She is the author of four poetry chapbooks and her full-length short story manuscript ‘These Bodies’ (Tolsun Books, 2020) was nominated for the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award in fiction. Her poetry chapbook ‘when they come’ was released by Black Sunflowers Press (2021) and was featured in the Forward Arts Foundation’s National Poetry Day exhibit. She is the 2022 Arc Poetry Poem of the Year Winner and her collection ‘People Without Wings’ is the winner of the 2022 Digging Chapbook Series Prize (Digging Press, 2023). Her essay collection, ‘Boolean Logic’ is the winner of the Howling Bird Book Prize (2023) and her novella ‘Liddle Deaths’ (Stillhouse Press) is due out in 2024.
Author’s Website: www.morganchristiewrites.com

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