Jericho Brown - The New Testament ebook DOC
9781556594571 English 1556594577 "Erotic and grief-stricken, ministerial and playful, Brown offers his reader a journey unlike any other in contemporary poetry."--"Rain Taxi""To read Jericho Brown's poems is to encounter devastating genius."--Claudia RankineIn the world of Jericho Brown's second book, disease runs through the body, violence runs through the neighborhood, memories run through the mind, trauma runs through generations. Almost eerily quiet in even the bluntest of poems, Brown gives us the ache of a throat that has yet to say the hardest thing--and the truth is coming on fast."Big, Fine": "Long ago, we used two words for what we thoughtValuable: big and fine for a house, a car, a woman, All three the same to men who claimed them: Each to be entered, each to experience wear and tearWith time. But more than the love for big, finePossessions was love for the face one man offeredAnother saying, You lucky. You got you a big, fine ______.Men had that problem. We waited on other menTo tell us we exist and granted existence to thoseWho said mine and meant it as infants do, grabbingFor what must be beautiful since someone else saw it."Jericho Brown worked as the speechwriter for the mayor of New Orleans before earning his PhD in creative writing and literature from the University of Houston. His first book, PLEASE (New Issues), won the American Book Award. He currently teaches at Emory University and lives in Atlanta, Georgia., "In his second collection, The New Testament, Brown treats disease and love and lust between men, with a gentle touch, returning again and again to the stories of the Bible, which confirm or dispute his vision of real life. 'Every last word is contagious,' he writes, awake to all the implications of that phrase. There is plenty of guilt-survivor's guilt, sinner's guilt-and ever-present death, but also the joy of survival and sin. And not everyone has the chutzpah to rewrite The Good Book."-NPR.org"Erotic and grief-stricken, ministerial and playful, Brown offers his reader a journey unlike any other in contemporary poetry."- Rain Taxi "To read Jericho Brown's poems is to encounter devastating genius."-Claudia RankineIn the world of Jericho Brown's second book, disease runs through the body, violence runs through the neighborhood, memories run through the mind, trauma runs through generations. Almost eerily quiet in even the bluntest of poems, Brown gives us the ache of a throat that has yet to say the hardest thing-and the truth is coming on fast. Fairy Tale Say the shame I see inching like steamAlong the streets will never seepBeneath the doors of this bedroom,And if it does, if we dare to breathe,Tell me that though the world ends us,Lover, it cannot end our loveOf narrative. Don't you have a storyFor me?-like the one you tellWith fingers over my lips to keep meFrom sighing when-before the queenIs kidnapped-the prince bowsTo the enemy, handing over the hornOf his favorite unicorn like those menBrought, bought, and whipped untilThey accepted their masters' names. Jericho Brown worked as the speechwriter for the mayor of New Orleans before earning his PhD in creative writing and literature from the University of Houston. His first book, PLEASE (New Issues), won the American Book Award. He currently teaches at Emory University and lives in Atlanta, Georgia., Honored as a "Best Book of 2014" by "Library Journal" Honored as a "Standout Book of 2014" by "American Poet" magazineWinnner of the Thom Gunn Award for Gay PoetryPaterson Award for Literary Excellence, 2015 NPR.org writes: In his second collection, "The New Testament, " Brown treats disease and love and lust between men, with a gentle touch, returning again and again to the stories of the Bible, which confirm or dispute his vision of real life. 'Every last word is contagious, ' he writes, awake to all the implications of that phrase. There is plenty of guiltsurvivor s guilt, sinner s guiltand ever-present death, but also the joy of survival and sin. And not everyone has the chutzpah to rewrite The Good Book. NPR.org Brown s is a necessary art in an era that has seen lingering racial conflict and growing acceptance of gays in America, as well as extreme intolerance and homophobia in many countries overseas. These poems work because while they emanate from an intimately personal place, social concerns loom as large as the barber in Bonnat s painting. To merge the private with the public so seamlessly is an enviable feat. "The Antioch Review""Erotic and grief-stricken, ministerial and playful, Brown offers his reader a journey unlike any other in contemporary poetry.""Rain Taxi""To read Jericho Brown's poems is to encounter devastating genius."Claudia RankineIn the world of Jericho Brown's second book, disease runs through the body, violence runs through the neighborhood, memories run through the mind, trauma runs through generations. Almost eerily quiet in even the bluntest of poems, Brown gives us the ache of a throat that has yet to say the hardest thingand the truth is coming on fast.Fairy TaleSay the shame I see inching like steamAlong the streets will never seepBeneath the doors of this bedroom, And if it does, if we dare to breathe, Tell me that though the world ends us, Lover, it cannot end our loveOf narrative. Don t you have a storyFor me'like the one you tellWith fingers over my lips to keep meFrom sighing whenbefore the queenIs kidnappedthe prince bowsTo the enemy, handing over the hornOf his favorite unicorn like those menBrought, bought, and whipped untilThey accepted their masters names. Jericho Brown worked as the speechwriter for the mayor of New Orleans before earning his PhD in creative writing and literature from the University of Houston. His first book, "PLEASE" (New Issues), won the American Book Award. He currently teaches at Emory University and lives in Atlanta, Georgia.", Honored as a "Best Book of 2014" by Library JournalThe New Testament, Brown treats disease and love and lust between men, with a gentle touch, returning again and again to the stories of the Bible, which confirm or dispute his vision of real life. 'Every last word is contagious, ' he writes, awake to all the implications of that phrase. There is plenty of guilt survivor s guilt, sinner s guilt and ever-present death, but also the joy of survival and sin. And not everyone has the chutzpah to rewrite The Good Book. NPR.org"Erotic and grief-stricken, ministerial and playful, Brown offers his reader a journey unlike any other in contemporary poetry." Rain Taxi"To read Jericho Brown's poems is to encounter devastating genius." Claudia RankineIn the world of Jericho Brown's second book, disease runs through the body, violence runs through the neighborhood, memories run through the mind, trauma runs through generations. Almost eerily quiet in even the bluntest of poems, Brown gives us the ache of a throat that has yet to say the hardest thing and the truth is coming on fast.Fairy TaleSay the shame I see inching like steamAlong the streets will never seepBeneath the doors of this bedroom, And if it does, if we dare to breathe, Tell me that though the world ends us, Lover, it cannot end our loveOf narrative. Don t you have a storyFor me? like the one you tellWith fingers over my lips to keep meFrom sighing when before the queenIs kidnapped the prince bowsTo the enemy, handing over the hornOf his favorite unicorn like those menBrought, bought, and whipped untilThey accepted their masters names. Jericho Brown worked as the speechwriter for the mayor of New Orleans before earning his PhD in creative writing and literature from the University of Houston. His first book, PLEASE (New Issues), won the American Book Award. He currently teaches at Emory University and lives in Atlanta, Georgia.", Honored as a Best Book of 2014" by Library Journal NPR.org writes: "In his second collection, The New Testament, Brown treats disease and love and lust between men, with a gentle touch, returning again and again to the stories of the Bible, which confirm or dispute his vision of real life. 'Every last word is contagious,' he writes, awake to all the implications of that phrase. There is plenty of guilt-survivor's guilt, sinner's guilt-and ever-present death, but also the joy of survival and sin. And not everyone has the chutzpah to rewrite The Good Book."-NPR.org"Erotic and grief-stricken, ministerial and playful, Brown offers his reader a journey unlike any other in contemporary poetry."- Rain Taxi "To read Jericho Brown's poems is to encounter devastating genius."-Claudia RankineIn the world of Jericho Brown's second book, disease runs through the body, violence runs through the neighborhood, memories run through the mind, trauma runs through generations. Almost eerily quiet in even the bluntest of poems, Brown gives us the ache of a throat that has yet to say the hardest thing-and the truth is coming on fast. Fairy Tale Say the shame I see inching like steamAlong the streets will never seepBeneath the doors of this bedroom,And if it does, if we dare to breathe,Tell me that though the world ends us,Lover, it cannot end our loveOf narrative. Don't you have a storyFor me?-like the one you tellWith fingers over my lips to keep meFrom sighing when-before the queenIs kidnapped-the prince bowsTo the enemy, handing over the hornOf his favorite unicorn like those menBrought, bought, and whipped untilThey accepted their masters' names. Jericho Brown worked as the speechwriter for the mayor of New Orleans before earning his PhD in creative writing and literature from the University of Houston. His first book, PLEASE (New Issues), won the American Book Award. He currently teaches at Emory University and lives in Atlanta, Georgia.", In the world of Jericho Brown's second book, disease runs through the body, violence runs through the neighborhood, memories run through the mind, trauma runs through generations. Almost eerily quiet in even the bluntest of poems, Brown gives us the ache of a throat that has yet to say the hardest thing--and the truth is coming on fast.
9781556594571 English 1556594577 "Erotic and grief-stricken, ministerial and playful, Brown offers his reader a journey unlike any other in contemporary poetry."--"Rain Taxi""To read Jericho Brown's poems is to encounter devastating genius."--Claudia RankineIn the world of Jericho Brown's second book, disease runs through the body, violence runs through the neighborhood, memories run through the mind, trauma runs through generations. Almost eerily quiet in even the bluntest of poems, Brown gives us the ache of a throat that has yet to say the hardest thing--and the truth is coming on fast."Big, Fine": "Long ago, we used two words for what we thoughtValuable: big and fine for a house, a car, a woman, All three the same to men who claimed them: Each to be entered, each to experience wear and tearWith time. But more than the love for big, finePossessions was love for the face one man offeredAnother saying, You lucky. You got you a big, fine ______.Men had that problem. We waited on other menTo tell us we exist and granted existence to thoseWho said mine and meant it as infants do, grabbingFor what must be beautiful since someone else saw it."Jericho Brown worked as the speechwriter for the mayor of New Orleans before earning his PhD in creative writing and literature from the University of Houston. His first book, PLEASE (New Issues), won the American Book Award. He currently teaches at Emory University and lives in Atlanta, Georgia., "In his second collection, The New Testament, Brown treats disease and love and lust between men, with a gentle touch, returning again and again to the stories of the Bible, which confirm or dispute his vision of real life. 'Every last word is contagious,' he writes, awake to all the implications of that phrase. There is plenty of guilt-survivor's guilt, sinner's guilt-and ever-present death, but also the joy of survival and sin. And not everyone has the chutzpah to rewrite The Good Book."-NPR.org"Erotic and grief-stricken, ministerial and playful, Brown offers his reader a journey unlike any other in contemporary poetry."- Rain Taxi "To read Jericho Brown's poems is to encounter devastating genius."-Claudia RankineIn the world of Jericho Brown's second book, disease runs through the body, violence runs through the neighborhood, memories run through the mind, trauma runs through generations. Almost eerily quiet in even the bluntest of poems, Brown gives us the ache of a throat that has yet to say the hardest thing-and the truth is coming on fast. Fairy Tale Say the shame I see inching like steamAlong the streets will never seepBeneath the doors of this bedroom,And if it does, if we dare to breathe,Tell me that though the world ends us,Lover, it cannot end our loveOf narrative. Don't you have a storyFor me?-like the one you tellWith fingers over my lips to keep meFrom sighing when-before the queenIs kidnapped-the prince bowsTo the enemy, handing over the hornOf his favorite unicorn like those menBrought, bought, and whipped untilThey accepted their masters' names. Jericho Brown worked as the speechwriter for the mayor of New Orleans before earning his PhD in creative writing and literature from the University of Houston. His first book, PLEASE (New Issues), won the American Book Award. He currently teaches at Emory University and lives in Atlanta, Georgia., Honored as a "Best Book of 2014" by "Library Journal" Honored as a "Standout Book of 2014" by "American Poet" magazineWinnner of the Thom Gunn Award for Gay PoetryPaterson Award for Literary Excellence, 2015 NPR.org writes: In his second collection, "The New Testament, " Brown treats disease and love and lust between men, with a gentle touch, returning again and again to the stories of the Bible, which confirm or dispute his vision of real life. 'Every last word is contagious, ' he writes, awake to all the implications of that phrase. There is plenty of guiltsurvivor s guilt, sinner s guiltand ever-present death, but also the joy of survival and sin. And not everyone has the chutzpah to rewrite The Good Book. NPR.org Brown s is a necessary art in an era that has seen lingering racial conflict and growing acceptance of gays in America, as well as extreme intolerance and homophobia in many countries overseas. These poems work because while they emanate from an intimately personal place, social concerns loom as large as the barber in Bonnat s painting. To merge the private with the public so seamlessly is an enviable feat. "The Antioch Review""Erotic and grief-stricken, ministerial and playful, Brown offers his reader a journey unlike any other in contemporary poetry.""Rain Taxi""To read Jericho Brown's poems is to encounter devastating genius."Claudia RankineIn the world of Jericho Brown's second book, disease runs through the body, violence runs through the neighborhood, memories run through the mind, trauma runs through generations. Almost eerily quiet in even the bluntest of poems, Brown gives us the ache of a throat that has yet to say the hardest thingand the truth is coming on fast.Fairy TaleSay the shame I see inching like steamAlong the streets will never seepBeneath the doors of this bedroom, And if it does, if we dare to breathe, Tell me that though the world ends us, Lover, it cannot end our loveOf narrative. Don t you have a storyFor me'like the one you tellWith fingers over my lips to keep meFrom sighing whenbefore the queenIs kidnappedthe prince bowsTo the enemy, handing over the hornOf his favorite unicorn like those menBrought, bought, and whipped untilThey accepted their masters names. Jericho Brown worked as the speechwriter for the mayor of New Orleans before earning his PhD in creative writing and literature from the University of Houston. His first book, "PLEASE" (New Issues), won the American Book Award. He currently teaches at Emory University and lives in Atlanta, Georgia.", Honored as a "Best Book of 2014" by Library JournalThe New Testament, Brown treats disease and love and lust between men, with a gentle touch, returning again and again to the stories of the Bible, which confirm or dispute his vision of real life. 'Every last word is contagious, ' he writes, awake to all the implications of that phrase. There is plenty of guilt survivor s guilt, sinner s guilt and ever-present death, but also the joy of survival and sin. And not everyone has the chutzpah to rewrite The Good Book. NPR.org"Erotic and grief-stricken, ministerial and playful, Brown offers his reader a journey unlike any other in contemporary poetry." Rain Taxi"To read Jericho Brown's poems is to encounter devastating genius." Claudia RankineIn the world of Jericho Brown's second book, disease runs through the body, violence runs through the neighborhood, memories run through the mind, trauma runs through generations. Almost eerily quiet in even the bluntest of poems, Brown gives us the ache of a throat that has yet to say the hardest thing and the truth is coming on fast.Fairy TaleSay the shame I see inching like steamAlong the streets will never seepBeneath the doors of this bedroom, And if it does, if we dare to breathe, Tell me that though the world ends us, Lover, it cannot end our loveOf narrative. Don t you have a storyFor me? like the one you tellWith fingers over my lips to keep meFrom sighing when before the queenIs kidnapped the prince bowsTo the enemy, handing over the hornOf his favorite unicorn like those menBrought, bought, and whipped untilThey accepted their masters names. Jericho Brown worked as the speechwriter for the mayor of New Orleans before earning his PhD in creative writing and literature from the University of Houston. His first book, PLEASE (New Issues), won the American Book Award. He currently teaches at Emory University and lives in Atlanta, Georgia.", Honored as a Best Book of 2014" by Library Journal NPR.org writes: "In his second collection, The New Testament, Brown treats disease and love and lust between men, with a gentle touch, returning again and again to the stories of the Bible, which confirm or dispute his vision of real life. 'Every last word is contagious,' he writes, awake to all the implications of that phrase. There is plenty of guilt-survivor's guilt, sinner's guilt-and ever-present death, but also the joy of survival and sin. And not everyone has the chutzpah to rewrite The Good Book."-NPR.org"Erotic and grief-stricken, ministerial and playful, Brown offers his reader a journey unlike any other in contemporary poetry."- Rain Taxi "To read Jericho Brown's poems is to encounter devastating genius."-Claudia RankineIn the world of Jericho Brown's second book, disease runs through the body, violence runs through the neighborhood, memories run through the mind, trauma runs through generations. Almost eerily quiet in even the bluntest of poems, Brown gives us the ache of a throat that has yet to say the hardest thing-and the truth is coming on fast. Fairy Tale Say the shame I see inching like steamAlong the streets will never seepBeneath the doors of this bedroom,And if it does, if we dare to breathe,Tell me that though the world ends us,Lover, it cannot end our loveOf narrative. Don't you have a storyFor me?-like the one you tellWith fingers over my lips to keep meFrom sighing when-before the queenIs kidnapped-the prince bowsTo the enemy, handing over the hornOf his favorite unicorn like those menBrought, bought, and whipped untilThey accepted their masters' names. Jericho Brown worked as the speechwriter for the mayor of New Orleans before earning his PhD in creative writing and literature from the University of Houston. His first book, PLEASE (New Issues), won the American Book Award. He currently teaches at Emory University and lives in Atlanta, Georgia.", In the world of Jericho Brown's second book, disease runs through the body, violence runs through the neighborhood, memories run through the mind, trauma runs through generations. Almost eerily quiet in even the bluntest of poems, Brown gives us the ache of a throat that has yet to say the hardest thing--and the truth is coming on fast.