We inherit what the fires left / William Evans.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Evans, William, III (William H.), author.

Contributor:

Laura Jan Meyerson Poetry Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Poetry.

African Americans.

Genre:

Poetry.

Physical Description:

1 volume ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Simon & Schuster, 2020.

Summary:

"William Evans, the award-winning poet and cofounder of the popular culture website Black Nerd Problems, offers an emotionally vulnerable poetry collection exploring the themes of inheritances, dreams, and injuries that are passed down from one generation to the next and delving into the lived experience of a black man in the American suburbs today"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Grass Growing Wild Beneath Us p. 1

The Engine p. 3

The Trail Says Three Point One Miles p. 5

Interrogation p. 7

Soft Prayer for the Teething p. 9

Little Lie p. 11

Mimic p. 13

Because I Was Once Good p. 15

On the First Snowfall p. 17

Good Storm p. 21

Jordans p. 23

Haunt p. 25

In the Event They Find Me Floating p. 27

Waves p. 29

Through the Night p. 31

Homecoming p. 33

Sometimes We Can't Do Anything about the Blood p. 35

Backfire p. 37

Might Have to Kill p. 41

Clean p. 43

Sharks and Minnows p. 45

Explaining Racism to My Seven-Year-Old p. 47

Briefly We Were p. 49

The Truth about Families p. 51

Descendant p. 53

Pledge to Raising a Black Girl p. 55

Passing for Day p. 59

Trespass p. 61

Turn Down For Naught p. 63

After the Storm, It Was Business as Usual p. 65

How to Assimilate p. 67.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Laura Jan Meyerson Poetry Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Evans, William, We inherit what the fires left

ISBN:

9781982127398

1982127392

OCLC:

1105939795

Publisher Number:

99983936758