The New Black

by Evie Shockley

Book Overview

A profound and uplifting meditation on the meanings of race and belonging in America

Winner of the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award (2012)

Smart, grounded, and lyrical, Evie Shockley's the new black integrates powerful ideas about "blackness," past and present, through the medium of beautifully crafted verse. the new black sees our racial past inevitably shaping our contemporary moment, but struggles to remember and reckon...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081957287X
• ISBN13: 9780819572875
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.8" x 9.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher