

The Mirror in Our Music
Fred L. Joiner
Birds, LLC is proud to make Fred L. Joiner's much-awaited debut poetry collection, The Mirror in Our Music, available for pre-order.
The Mirror in Our Music is a nearly 200-page, full-color do-si-do document chronicling Joiner's decades of community building and collaboration with countless poets, musicians, artists, photographers, and ancestors.
"When considering Fred Joiner’s nimble reflections and sharply observed personal and political nuances, ruminations of which make up a kind of aesthetic/esthetic inner life, I am reminded of the ten-year span of letters between Ralph Ellison and Albert Murray in Trading Twelves, in which they riff and wax poetic on life, literature, travel, family, philosophy, politics, art, aesthetics, music, racism, identity, and such, in a sense a running dialogue reminiscent of the exchange between two jazz musicians in a jam session, improvising twelve bars of music around the same musical idea—trading twelves. In this regard, what Joiner manages in The Mirror in Our Music is a triad: an exchange between the Poem and the Music and Art.
Joiner could’ve put out a collection of poetry decades ago. But he was 'woodshedding,' as he likes to say. He was in fact honing his skills because he has that much respect for poetry—and the music! This is sacred ground to him. Holy water and altar. It is about revering ancestors and the power of the word and a higher being. And thus, here we are." — Tony Medina
Catalog
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The Mirror in Our Music
Fred L. Joiner
The Mirror in Our Music
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Wrong Heaven Again
Ryan Eckes
Wrong Heaven Again
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No More Flowers
Stephanie Cawley
No More Flowers
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Limited Edition Broadside "Heaven"
Ryan Eckes
Limited Edition Broadside "Heaven"
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Limited Edition Broadside "Considerate"
Stephanie Cawley
Limited Edition Broadside "Considerate"
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Limited Edition Broadside "In the belly of blackness or Monk on Friendship..."
Fred L. Joiner
Limited Edition Broadside "In the belly of blackness or Monk on Friendship..."
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3 Limited Edition Broadsides Series
Stephanie Cawley, Fred L. Joiner, & Ryan Eckes
3 Limited Edition Broadsides Series
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Tropical Sacrifice
Lucas de Lima
Tropical Sacrifice
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Good Actors
Sommer Browning
Good Actors
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Pricks in the Tapestry
Jameson Fitzpatrick
Pricks in the Tapestry
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Savage Pageant
Jessica Q. Stark
Savage Pageant
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A Jazz Funeral for Uncle Tom
Harmony Holiday
A Jazz Funeral for Uncle Tom
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while they sleep (under the bed is another country)
Raquel Salas Rivera
while they sleep (under the bed is another country)
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R E D
Chase Berggrun
R E D
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Joy of Missing Out
Ana Božičević
Joy of Missing Out
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Human Achievements
Lauren Hunter
Human Achievements
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IRL
Tommy Pico
IRL
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Tender Data
Monica McClure
Tender Data
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From the Author's Private Collection
Eric Amling
From the Author's Private Collection
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Dead Horse
Niina Pollari
Dead Horse
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Backup Singers
Sommer Browning
Backup Singers
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The First 4 Books of Sampson Starkweather
Sampson Starkweather
The First 4 Books of Sampson Starkweather
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Rise in the Fall
Ana Božičević
Rise in the Fall
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Partyknife
Dan Magers
Partyknife
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Goat in the Snow
Emily Pettit
Goat in the Snow
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Either Way I'm Celebrating
Sommer Browning
Either Way I'm Celebrating
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The Kings Of The F**King Sea
Dan Boehl, with Images by Jonathan Marshall
The Kings Of The F**King Sea
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The Trees Around
Chris Tonelli
The Trees Around
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The French Exit
Elisa Gabbert
The French Exit
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