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John R. Keene, Jr.

Autor de Counternarratives

6+ Obras 349 Miembros 6 Reseñas

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Obras de John R. Keene, Jr.

Counternarratives (2015) 223 copias
Punks: New & Selected Poems (2021) 41 copias
Seismosis (2006) 17 copias
Playland (2016) 1 copia

Obras relacionadas

Brother to Brother: New Writings by Black Gay Men (1991) — Contribuidor — 176 copias
African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle and Song (2020) — Contribuidor — 170 copias
Letters from a Seducer (1991) — Traductor, algunas ediciones46 copias
What I Say: Innovative Poetry by Black Writers in America (2015) — Contribuidor — 16 copias
Blacktino queer performance (2016) — Contribuidor — 14 copias
Black Gay Genius: Answering Joseph Beam's Call (2013) — Contribuidor — 7 copias

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I'm too dumb to understand this kind of poetic language of fragmentary imagery and a kaleidoscopic language so although it was short and there were bits and pieces that stood out I didn't really appreciate it and can't really give a good judgement. Really interesting style though
 
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tombomp | otra reseña | Oct 31, 2023 |
A wonderful collection that never bores and always excites the reader with its wide variety of subject material and style of presentation. Some are biographical, some observational and some experimental in approach. All are blessed with Keene's unique perspective of being a black gay artist in modern America. I can see why the book received all its well deserved plaudits and praise. A great poet at the top of his game.
 
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muddyboy | otra reseña | Mar 5, 2023 |
This collection is not themed, but it does show the range of Keene's work. The sections of the book are themed--in content or form. And his form varies widely within the book. Some poems are paragraphs, others look like stereotypical poems on the page, others play with form and text and white space.

Topics vary widely--lgtb relationships and issues, baseball, music, places, poetry. My favorite thing about this collection is its accessibility. Most of these poems are not conversation with other poets. These poems can largely be understood by the average non-academic poetry reader (me).

Manzanita was my favorite section, probably because of the historical references and settings. I also really liked the poem Words in the section also titled Words.
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Dreesie | otra reseña | Nov 30, 2022 |
I've put off writing a review of this book for months, because I wanted to do justice to it. I can't. It's really good, really intelligent--Keene can write, and despite setting himself up for intellectual failure (the obvious problem with 'counternarratives' being that they create a Manichean world), he doesn't fail. The moral horrors of racism in the Americas are made entirely plain, as are the mechanisms used to keep it in place, but they're never attributed to some evil cabal. They are the social structures that form us. And technically, this is a lesson in combining formal skill and intellectual ambition with emotional heft.… (más)
 
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stillatim | Oct 23, 2020 |

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