TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wilson,Ronaldo
TI  - Narrative of the Life of the Brown Boy and the White Man
T2  - Pitt Poetry Series
SN  - 9780822978244
AV  - PS3623 
U1  - 811.6 
PY  - 2008///
CY  - PIttsburgh
PB  - University of Pittsburgh Press
KW  - American poetry
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - 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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