Wisdom Teeth Contributor(s): Brown, Derrick Weston (Author) |
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ISBN: 1604864176 ISBN-13: 9781604864175 Publisher: PM Press OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2011 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - African American - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies |
Dewey: 811.6 |
LCCN: 2010916476 |
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.4" W x 7.4" (0.25 lbs) 136 pages |
Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: To consider Wisdom Teeth is to acknowledge inevitable movement, shift, and sometimes pain. There's change hidden just below the surface and, like it or not, once it breaks, everything has to make room. So goes the aptly titled debut poetry collection from poet and educator Derrick Weston Brown. Wisdom Teeth reveals the ongoing internal and external reconstruction of a poet's life and world, as told through a litany of forms and myriad of voices, some the poet's own. Wisdom Teeth is a questioning work, a redefining of personal relationships, masculinity, race, and history. It's a readjustment of bite, humor, and perspective as Brown channels hip-hop, Toni Morrison, and Snagglepuss to make way for the shudder and eruption of wisdom. |