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Book

Thirteen ways of looking at a black boy

Call Number

  • J 811 MEDI (CEN, EAS, OSH)

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Publication Information

Oklahoma City : Penny Candy Books, 2018.

Physical Description

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 cm

Summary

A fresh perspective of young men of color depicting thirteen views of everyday life: young boys dressed in their Sunday best, running to catch a bus, and growing up to be teachers, and much more. Each of Tony Medina's tanka is matched with a different artist including recent Caldecott and Coretta Scott King Award recipients.

Notes

"The poems in [this book] were first published in slightly different form under the title Ancostia suite (13 ways of looking at a black boy) in Revise the Psalm: work celebrating the writing of Gwendolyn Brooks ... (Curbside Splendor, 2017)"--Title page verso.

Contents

  • Thirteen ways: an introduction
  • Anacostia angel / Little Mister May / Images of kin / The charmer / One-way ticket / Lazy hazy daze / My soul to keep / Do not enter / Street corner prophet / Athlete's broke bus blues / Brothers gonna work it out / Cat at the curb / Givin' back to the community

Subjects

Genres

Poetry.