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Narrative of the Life of the Brown Boy and the White Man.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Pitt Poetry SeriesPublisher: PIttsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2008Copyright date: ©2008Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (89 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780822978244
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Narrative of the Life of the Brown Boy and the White ManDDC classification:
  • 811.6
LOC classification:
  • PS3623
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- I. Narrative of the Life of the Brown Boy and the White Man -- The Brown Boy Dreams His Father is White and Thin -- Irrational Desire -- Brad Pitt, Kevin Bacon, and the Brown Boy's Mother -- II. The Brown Boy's Family -- The Brown Boy's Black Father Loses It -- The Brown Boy's Mother is Wearing Green -- The Brown Boy, the White Man, and the Snow -- The Brown Boy Imagines the White Man's Death -- Koi and Eel Dream -- Serena Williams, Whiteness, and the Act of Writing -- III. The Brown Boy's Flesh -- A Cruise -- The Brown Boy Remembers Mr. Moreau -- The Brown Boy Plays a Game -- The Brown Boy and the Baby -- IV. The Brown Boy's Travels -- The Brown Boy Opens His Mouth Underwater -- Joey, the Brown Boy, and Ricky -- The Accident -- V. The Brown Boy's Final Killing -- Incident and Episode in the Red House -- The Brown Boy's Flesh -- The Brown Boy's Final Killing -- VI. The Brown Boy's Clarity -- The Brown Boy is Looking and Listening -- The Brown Boy Loves the White Man -- Acknowledgments.
Summary: Prose poems that profile the interrelationship of the two central characters, looking deeply into their psyches and thoughts of race, class, and identity.Read a press release about this book.
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Intro -- Contents -- I. Narrative of the Life of the Brown Boy and the White Man -- The Brown Boy Dreams His Father is White and Thin -- Irrational Desire -- Brad Pitt, Kevin Bacon, and the Brown Boy's Mother -- II. The Brown Boy's Family -- The Brown Boy's Black Father Loses It -- The Brown Boy's Mother is Wearing Green -- The Brown Boy, the White Man, and the Snow -- The Brown Boy Imagines the White Man's Death -- Koi and Eel Dream -- Serena Williams, Whiteness, and the Act of Writing -- III. The Brown Boy's Flesh -- A Cruise -- The Brown Boy Remembers Mr. Moreau -- The Brown Boy Plays a Game -- The Brown Boy and the Baby -- IV. The Brown Boy's Travels -- The Brown Boy Opens His Mouth Underwater -- Joey, the Brown Boy, and Ricky -- The Accident -- V. The Brown Boy's Final Killing -- Incident and Episode in the Red House -- The Brown Boy's Flesh -- The Brown Boy's Final Killing -- VI. The Brown Boy's Clarity -- The Brown Boy is Looking and Listening -- The Brown Boy Loves the White Man -- Acknowledgments.

Prose poems that profile the interrelationship of the two central characters, looking deeply into their psyches and thoughts of race, class, and identity.Read a press release about this book.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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