Counting Descent

by Clint Smith

Book Overview

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, all the while reflecting...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1938912659
• ISBN13: 9781938912658
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Write Bloody Publishing
• Length: 84 Pages
• Weight: 0.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.9" x 8.8"