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Doppelgangbanger
Contributor(s): Charleston, Cortney Lamar (Author)
ISBN: 164259265X     ISBN-13: 9781642592658
Publisher: Haymarket Books
OUR PRICE:   $14.40  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: February 2021
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BISAC Categories:
- Poetry | American - African American
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies
Dewey: 811.6
Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.35 lbs) 100 pages
 
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In his anticipated second poetry collection, Doppelgangbanger, Cortney Lamar Charleston examines the performance of Black masculinity in the U.S., and its relationship to family, love and community.

With the wit and musicality fitting of a 90s baby raised during the Golden age of hip-hop, Cortney Lamar Charleston grapples with the landscapes of Chicago's South Side and surrounding suburbs, and the tensions that impact a Black boy's struggle through self-destructive definitions of manhood. While the language in these poems is playful, Charleston's vulnerability invites readers to intimately witness the speaker's journey from adopted persona to an authentic self that defies traditional molds.