
On Spec
Tyrone Williams(Author)
Omnidawn Publishing
Will be published approx. on 1. May 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
160 pages
978-1-890650-33-9 (ISBN)
Description
An intensely meditative exploration that examines the African American position in the United States, this philosophical collection of poems offers insight into the personal, social, cultural, and racial networks that help to create identity. Brilliantly braced with theory to augment the poetry, these tours through our human need to speak--to understand, confront the politics of speech and the issues of misunderstanding in regards to the African American diaspora in the United States. Revealing that every act of communication is speculation, these lyrical observations explain how perception is distorted by individual background and conditioning. An eye-opening venture that illuminates the human mind and the struggle faced when trying to communicate what one sees and what one believes.
Reviews / Votes
"Williams has taken African-American narrative lyric poetics and cross-pollinated them with experimental language poetry ... comparable to the work of Junot Diaz and also hearkens to Jean Toomer's Cane, while capturing the playful qualities of Richard Brautigan." -- City BeatMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Richmond, CA
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
272 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-890650-33-9 (9781890650339)
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Person
TYRONE WILLIAMS' first book of poetry, titled C.C., was published by Krupskaya in 2002. His poetry chapbooks include Musique Noir (Overhere Press 2006), AAB (Slack Buddha), and Futures, Elections (Dos Madres Press 2004). His poems have been published in magazines, including Chicago Review, Denver Quarterly, The Kenyon Review, Caliban, Colorado Review, and Xcp. And his poems have been anthologized in anthologies, including Rainbow Darkness: An Anthology of African American Poetry (Miame University Press 2005) and Great American Prose Poems: From Poe to the Present (Scribner 2003). He received his Doctorate of English from Wayne State University. He teaches at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan.