Some Are Drowning

This collection of poems enacts the struggle of a young black gay man in his search for identity. The poet's aim is to rescue some portion of the drowned and the drowning. Shepherd is the winner of the 1993 Associated Writing Programs' Award Series in Poetry.

About the author

Reginald Shepherd (1963-2008) was a Black, gay poet who grew up in the Bronx and went on to receive two MFAs, one from Brown University and one from the Iowa Writers Workshop. He authored two collections of poetry criticism and six poetry collections, all published by the University of Pittsburgh Press: Red Clay Weather, Fata Morgana, Otherhood, Wrong, Angel, Interrupted, and Some Are Drowning. His work has been widely awarded and anthologized and has appeared in four editions of The Best American Poetry and two Pushcart Prize anthologies. Shepherd received many awards and honors over his career, including grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation, among others.

Summary

This first collection of poems enacts the struggle of a young black gay man in his search for identity. Many voices haunt these poems: black and white, male and female, the oppressor's voice as well as the oppressed. The poet's aim, finally, is to rescue some portion of the drowned and the drowning.

Product details

• Authors: Reginald Shepherd
• Publisher: University Of Pittsburgh Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.01.1995
• EAN: 9780822955474
• ISBN: 978-0-8229-5547-4
• No. of pages: 88
• Dimensions: 151 mm x 226 mm x 8 mm
• Weight: 172 g
• Series: Pitt Poetry (Paperback); Pitt Poetry; Pitt Poetry Series
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies