Narrative of the Life of the Brown Boy and the White Man

WINNER OF THE 2007 CAVE CANEM POETRY PRIZE
Selected by Claudia Rankine
Prose poems that profile the interrelationship of the two central characters, looking deeply into their psyches and thoughts of race, class, and identity.

About the author

Ronaldo V. Wilson's poetry has appeared in Beyond the Frontier: African American Poetry for the 21st Century, Blithe House Quarterly, Callaloo, Chroma, FENCE, Gulf Coast, Harvard Review, Interim, nocturnes (re)view of the literary arts, and The Encyclopedia Project. He is the recipient of fellowships from Cave Canem, Djerassi, Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center, Vermont Studio Center, and Yaddo. Wilson teaches Creative Writing and African American Poetics at Mount Holyoke College.

Summary

Winner of the 2007 Cave Canem Poetry Prize. Prose poems that profile the interrelationship of the two central characters, looking deeply into their psyches and thoughts of race, class, and identity. Read a press release about this book

Product details

• Authors: Ronaldo Wilson, Ronaldo V. Wilson
• Publisher: University Of Pittsburgh Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.10.2008
• EAN: 9780822960133
• ISBN: 978-0-8229-6013-3
• No. of pages: 88
• Dimensions: 141 mm x 221 mm x 8 mm
• Weight: 141 g
• Series: Pitt Poetry (Paperback); Pitt Poetry Series; Pitt Poetry (Paperback); Pitt Poetry; Pitt Poetry Series
• Subject: Fiction > Poetry, drama