"Black" is the companion volume to the author's acclaimed collection "Blue." But while the previous book meditated on the author's history as a black man growing up in Nova Scotia, "Black" is a brutally honest look at the present and future. Inspired by George's time as a professor in North Carolina in the late 1990s, the book uses vivid images and surprising juxtapositions to riff on the experiences of a black man living with political and personal outrage. This is not pretty poetry but lacerating, transgressive, and ...
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"Black" is the companion volume to the author's acclaimed collection "Blue." But while the previous book meditated on the author's history as a black man growing up in Nova Scotia, "Black" is a brutally honest look at the present and future. Inspired by George's time as a professor in North Carolina in the late 1990s, the book uses vivid images and surprising juxtapositions to riff on the experiences of a black man living with political and personal outrage. This is not pretty poetry but lacerating, transgressive, and ultimately transforming.
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