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The New Black
Evie Shockley
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Description for The New Black
Paperback. A profound and uplifting meditation on the meanings of race and belonging in America Num Pages: 128 pages, 2 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DCF; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 178 x 10. Weight in Grams: 275.
Smart, grounded, and lyrical, Evie Shockley's the new black integrates powerful ideas about "blackness," past and present, through the medium of beautifully crafted verse. the new black sees our racial past inevitably shaping our contemporary moment, but struggles to remember and reckon with the impact of generational shifts: what seemed impossible to people not many years ago-for example, the election of an African American president-will have always been a part of the world of children born in the new millennium. All of the poems here, whether sonnet, mesostic, or deconstructed blues, exhibit a formal flair. They speak to the changes ... Read more
Smart, grounded, and lyrical, Evie Shockley's the new black integrates powerful ideas about "blackness," past and present, through the medium of beautifully crafted verse. the new black sees our racial past inevitably shaping our contemporary moment, but struggles to remember and reckon with the impact of generational shifts: what seemed impossible to people not many years ago-for example, the election of an African American president-will have always been a part of the world of children born in the new millennium. All of the poems here, whether sonnet, mesostic, or deconstructed blues, exhibit a formal flair. They speak to the changes ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University Press of New England United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780819572875
SKU
V9780819572875
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