Additional information

Full Title

English Lit Poems 1st Edition

Author(s)

Bernard Clay

Edition

1st Edition

ISBN

9781735224268, 9781735224275

Publisher

Swallow Press

Format

PDF and EPUB

Description

Autobiographical poetry from one of Kentucky’s rising Affrilachian literary stars. Bernard Clay’s autobiographical poetry debut, English Lit, juxtaposes the roots of Black male identity against an urban and rural Kentucky landscape. Hailed as one of the most authentic voices of his generation, Clay artfully renders coming-of-age in the predominately Black West End of Louisville, Kentucky. Balancing the spirited grit of a farmer and the careful lyricism of a poet, English Lit is a triumph of new Affrilachian—African American and Appalachian—literature.