Turning Into Dwelling: Poems

by Christopher Gilbert

Book Overview

A milestone publication of the late Christopher Gilbert's poetry, with an introduction by the National Book Award winner Terrance Hayes

Lord, the anguish of my Black block rises up in me
like a grief. My only chance to go beyond being breach--
to resist being quelled as a bit of inner city entropy--
is to speak up for the public which has birthed me.
To build this language house. To make this case. Create.
This...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1555977138
• ISBN13: 9781555977139
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Graywolf Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"