Wisdom Teeth

Weston Brown Derrick

Description

Derrick Weston Brown's debut collection is a questioning work, a redefining of personal relationships, masculinity, race and history. It's a re-adjustment of bite, humour and perspective as Brown channels the language of hip-hop, Toni Morrison and Snagglepuss to pave the way for an eruption of wisdom. Told through a litany of forms and a myriad of voices - including some of the poet's own - Wisdom Teeth reveals the ongoing internal and external reconstruction of a poet's life and world.

Sujets

• Poetry

Informations

• Publié par: PM Press
• Date de parution: 04 janvier 2011
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781604865622
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 9 Mo

Extrait

Praise for WisDOm Tééh

“We need more songs like this young man’s right here. Truth cuts its way beneath the unspoken like new teeth on their way to light. Son of Langston, come on through.”  —Ruth Forman, author ofPrayers Like Shoes

“Full of wit and whimsy,Wisdom Teethpostulates a poetics of heartwhole appreciation and honesty—for love and life, for family and friends, for literature and history, for pop culture and the poet’s evercognizant powers of observation.”  —Tony Medina, author ofMy Old Man  Was Always on the Lam

“Derrick Weston Brown ventures into the canon to echo the voices of Morrison’s Sweet Home Men, then bends his ear to the streets of D.C. to render the shouts and whispers of corner brawls and slapped down dominoes—all the while balancing the bridge between Ellington and the sacred tribes of hiphop.”  —Tyehimba Jess, author ofLeadbelly

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Wisdom Teeth Derrick Weston Brown © 2011

ISBN: 9781604864175 LCCN: 2010916476

Busboys and Poets Press 2121 14th St. NW Washington, DC 20009 www.busboysandpoets.com

PM Press P.O. Box 23912 Oakland, CA 94623 pmpress.org

Printed in the USA on recycled paper.

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Fîrs o a, ï mus ank my Mom, Rîa Brown, my Irs eacer, pubîser, voîce o consan encouragemen, and corner woman, wo pused me back ou ere o Ig medîocrîy în my work and în my îe, wen ï waned o quî ou o rusraîon and azîness, and wen îngs go dîicu. hanks o my Dad, Bernard Brown Jr., wo unknowîngy se me on e poes’ pa wen e gave me an îusraed book o poems enîedMy Daddy ïs a Coo Dudeby Karama Fuuka. ï aso ave o ank my îmmedîae and exended amîy, Nana, Mone, and Aîcîa or encouragîng me unlîncîngy, o keep readîng and keep wrîîng and never abandon my îmagîna- îon or my dreams and deermînaîon. ï ove y’a!