the new black (Wesleyan Poetry Series)

the new black (Wesleyan Poetry Series)

Winner of the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award (2012)

Smart, grounded, and lyrical, Evie Shockleyâ€™s the new black integrates powerful ideas about â€œblackness,â€ 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 agoâ€”for example, the election of an African American presidentâ€”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 we have experienced as a society in the last few decadesâ€”changes that often challenge our past strategies for resisting racism and, for African Americans, ways of relating to one another. The poems embrace a formal ambiguity that echoes the uncertainty these shifts produce, while reveling in language play that enables readers to â€œlaugh to keep from crying.â€ They move through nostalgia, even as they insist on being alive to the present and point longingly towards possible futures. Check for the online readerâ€™s companion at http://http://thenewblack.site.wesleyan.edu.
Country USA
Brand Wesleyan University Press
Manufacturer Wesleyan University Press
Binding Paperback
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9780819572875
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Wesleyan University Press
Manufacturer	Wesleyan University Press
Binding	Paperback
UnitCount	1
Format	Illustrated
EANs	9780819572875
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

the new black (Wesleyan Poetry Series)

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