Bum Rush the Page is a groundbreaking collection, capturing the best new work from the poets who have brought fresh energy, life, and relevance to American poetry. "Here is a democratic orchestration of voices and visions, poets of all ages, ethnicities, and geographic locations coming together to create a dialogue and to jam-not slam. This is our mouth on paper, our hearts on our sleeves, our refusal to shut up and swallow our silence. These poems are tough, honest, astute, perceptive, lyrical, blunt, sad, funny, heartbreaking, and true. They shout, they curse, they whisper, and...
Bum Rush the Page is a groundbreaking collection, capturing the best new work from the poets who have brought fresh energy, life, and relevance...
I'm DeShawn Williams I'm ten years old come see who I live with -- who I love
From this inviting opening, we are swept into ten-year-old DeShawn's world where we meet his family, his friends, and learn about his hopes and dreams. DeShawn lives in the projects, where "You don't just hear music / you hear sirens too /cop cars and ambulances /screaming all the time /real loud at you." This is also a place where neighbors gather for barbecues, and where DeShawn and his cousin build a snowman in the winter. We experience the death of DeShawn's grandmother, deeply...
I'm DeShawn Williams I'm ten years old come see who I live with -- who I love
If, indeed, it's a "woman's right to choose," then what happens to the man's right? Chubert Davis is quite a charismatic, highly intelligent, and gregarious twenty-something that is adored and respected by everyone with whom he comes in contact. He shares a deep bond of friendship with several other career-minded young adults and those bonds are rock solid. That is until he learns that his girlfriend is pregnant, and the issue of abortion forces them to come to terms with what they truly believe in and their own self-worth. But life is strange. Often times there are issues that are so...
If, indeed, it's a "woman's right to choose," then what happens to the man's right? Chubert Davis is quite a charismatic, highly intelligent, and greg...
Alfonso Jones can't wait to play the role of Hamlet in his school's hip-hop rendition of the classic Shakespearean play. He also wants to let his best friend, Danetta, know how he really feels about her. But as he is buying his first suit, an off-duty police officer mistakes a clothes hanger for a gun, and he shoots Alfonso.
When Alfonso wakes up in the afterlife, he's on a ghost train guided by well-known victims of police shootings, who teach him what he needs to know about this subterranean spiritual world. Meanwhile, Alfonso's family and friends struggle with their grief and seek...
Alfonso Jones can't wait to play the role of Hamlet in his school's hip-hop rendition of the classic Shakespearean play. He also wants to let his b...
