Whatever Happened to Black Boys?: Poems

by James Jabar

The book Whatever Happened to Black Boys? is an exploration of black maleness in America through persona and form. Throughout the book, black boys from the past and present get to tell their stories, for better or worse, in a variety of different lyrical structures, as if they are singing their own autobiographical songs. Some of these lyrical structures include traditional forms such as sonnets, ghazals, and ekphrastic poems but others...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1680032321
• ISBN13: 9781680032321
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Texas Review Press
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 7.3"