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PublisherWrite Bloody Publishing

ISBN-10193891211X

ISBN-139781938912115

eBay Product ID (ePID)16050411821

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Book TitleCounting Descent

Number of Pages90 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicAmerican / African American, General, American / General

Publication Year2020

GenrePoetry

AuthorClint Smith

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight7 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2021-385031

Dewey Edition23

Reviews"These poems shimmer with revelatory intensity, approaching us from all sides to immerse us in the America that America so often forgets." - Gregory Pardlo, Author of Digest , Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, 2015, "So many of these poems just blow me away. Incredibly beautiful and powerful." - Michelle Alexander, Author of The New Jim Crow, "Counting Descent is a tightly-woven collection of poems whose pages act like an invitation to New Orleans, to the spades' table, to mom's kitchen, to the kiss on a woman's wrist, to conversations with hydrants and cicadas..."--Elizabeth Acevedo, "These poems shimmer with revelatory intensity, approaching us from all sides to immerse us in the America that America so often forgets." Gregory Pardlo, Author of Digest , Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, 2015, "Counting Descent is a tightly-woven collection of poems whose pages act like an invitation to New Orleans, to the spades' table, to mom's kitchen, to the kiss on a woman's wrist, to conversations with hydrants and cicadas..." Elizabeth Acevedo, Author The Poet X, "These poems shimmer with revelatory intensity, approaching us from all sides to immerse us in the America that America so often forgets."--Gregory Pardlo, "So many of these poems just blow me away. Incredibly beautiful and powerful." Michelle Alexander, Author of The New Jim Crow, "These poems shimmer with revelatory intensity, approaching us from all sides to immerse us in the America that America so often forgets." --Gregory Pardlo, Author of Digest , Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, 2015, "So many of these poems just blow me away. Incredibly beautiful and powerful." --Michelle Alexander, Author of The New Jim Crow, "Counting Descent is a tightly-woven collection of poems whose pages act like an invitation to New Orleans, to the spades' table, to mom's kitchen, to the kiss on a woman's wrist, to conversations with hydrants and cicadas..." - Elizabeth Acevedo, Author The Poet X, "Counting Descent is a tightly-woven collection of poems whose pages act like an invitation to New Orleans, to the spades' table, to mom's kitchen, to the kiss on a woman's wrist, to conversations with hydrants and cicadas..." --Elizabeth Acevedo, Author The Poet X

Dewey Decimal811

SynopsisClnt Smth's deut poetry collecton, Countng Descent, s a comng of age story that seeks to complcate our concepton of lneage and tradton. Smth explores the cogntve dssonance that results from elongng to a communty that unapologetcally celerates lack humanty whle lvng n a world that often renders lackness a carcature of fear. Hs poems move fludly across personal and poltcal hstores, all the whle reflectng on the socal constructon of our lved experences. Smth rngs the reader on a powerful journey forcng us to reflect on all that we learn growng up, and all that we seek to unlearn movng forward. Prase "So many of these poems just low me away. Incredly eautful and powerful." - Mchelle Alexander, Author of The New Jm Crow "In Countng Descent, Clnt Smth reflects "even the unverse s tellng us/ that we can never get too far// from the place that created us." Smth weaves hstores, from collectve to personal, to make ndelle archetypes of those places that have created us all. These poems shmmer wth revelatory ntensty, approachng us from all sdes to mmerse us n the Amerca that Amerca so often forgets. The road sweep of Smth's vson delvers a sudden awareness: In ths poet's hands, we sense, lke Rlke, there s no place that does not see you." - Gregory Pardlo, Author of Dgest Countng Descent s a tghtly-woven collecton of poems whose pages act lke an nvtaton to New Orleans, to the spades' tale, to mom's ktchen, to the kss on a woman's wrst, to conversatons wth hydrants and ccadas. The nvtaton s ntmate and generous and also a challenge; are you up to askng what s lackness? What s lack joy? How s lack lfe loved and lved? To whom do weths human We look to for answers? Ths nvtaton s not to a narrow street, or a shallow lake, ut to a vast exploraton of lfe. And death. In a voce that has the echoes of Baldwn, ut that also declares tself a sngular voce, Smth extends: "Maye there's a place where everyone s oth n love wth and runnng from ther own skn. Maye that place s here." And you're nvted. - Elzaeth Acevedo, Author of Beastgrl & Other Orgn Myths Accolades Wnner, 2017 Black Caucus of the Amercan Lrary Assocaton Lterary Award Fnalst, 2017 NAACP Image Awards 2017 'One Book One New Orleans' Book Selecton, From the author of How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America * Winner, 2017 Black Caucus of the American Library Association Literary Award* Finalist, 2017 NAACP Image Awards* "One Book One New Orleans" 2017 Book Selection* Published in The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, Poetry Magazine, The Paris Review, New Republic, Boston Review, The Guardian, The Rumpus, and The Academy of American Poets "So many of these poems just blow me away. Incredibly beautiful and powerful." -- Michelle Alexander, Author of The New Jim Crow "Counting Descent is a tightly-woven collection of poems whose pages act like an invitation. The invitation is intimate and generous and also a challenge; are you up to asking what is blackness? What is black joy? How is black life loved and lived? To whom do we look to for answers? This invitation is not to a narrow street, or a shallow lake, but to a vast exploration of life. And you're invited. -- Elizabeth Acevedo, Author of Beastgirl & Other Origin Myths "These poems shimmer with revelatory intensity, approaching us from all sides to immerse us in the America that America so often forgets." -- Gregory Pardlo" Counting Descent is more than brilliant. More than lyrical. More than bluesy. More than courageous. It is terrifying in its ability to at once not hide and show readers why it wants to hide so badly. These poems mend, meld and imagine with weighted details, pauses, idiosyncrasies and word patterns I've never seen before." -- Kiese Laymon, Author of Long Division Clint Smith's debut poetry collection, Counting Descent , is a coming of age story that seeks to complicate our conception of lineage and tradition. "Do you know what it means for your existence to be defined by someone else's intentions?" Smith explores the cognitive dissonance that results from belonging to a community that unapologetically celebrates black humanity while living in a world that often renders blackness a caricature of fear. His poems move fluidly across personal and political histories, all the while reflecting on the social construction of our lived experiences. Smith brings the reader on a powerful journey forcing us to reflect on all that we learn growing up, and all that we seek to unlearn moving forward., Clint Smith's debut poetry collection, Counting Descent, is a coming-of-age story that seeks to complicate our conception of lineage and tradition. Smith explores the cognitive dissonance that results from belonging to a community that unapologetically celebrates Black humanity while living in a world that often renders Blackness a caricature of fear. His poems move fluidly across personal and political histories while reflecting on the social construction of our lived experiences. Smith brings the reader on a powerful journey forcing us to reflect on all that we learn growing up, and all that we seek to unlearn moving forward. Praise "So many of these poems just blow me away. Incredibly beautiful and powerful." - Michelle Alexander, Author of The New Jim Crow "In Counting Descent, Clint Smith reflects 'even the universe is telling us/ that we can never get too far// from the place that created us.' Smith weaves histories, from collective to personal, to make indelible archetypes of those places that have created us all. These poems shimmer with revelatory intensity, approaching us from all sides to immerse us in the America that America so often forgets. The broad sweep of Smith's vision delivers a sudden awareness: In this poet's hands, we sense, like Rilke, there is no place that does not see you." - Gregory Pardlo, Author of Digest

LC Classification NumberPS3619.M5727C68 2016