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Wisdom teeth

Derrick Weston Brown

2011113 pagesabout 2–3 hours
2011
first published
  • 2011PM Press · ENGISBN 9781604865615
  • 2011Busboys and Poets Press · 113 pages · ENGISBN 9781604864175
  • 2011PM Press · 118 pages · ENGISBN 9781604865622
  • 2011PM Press · 118 pages · ENGISBN 9781604865608

This debut poetry collection reveals the ongoing internal and external reconstruction of an artist's life and environment, as told through a litany of forms and myriad voices. The poems represent the quintessence of urban DC life and redefine personal relationships, masculinity, race, and history. A readjustment of bite, humor, and perspective, this work channels everything from hip-hop and Toni Morrison to Snagglepuss and red giants to make way for a poetic eruption of wisdom.

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