Inheritance
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| Rating | : | 4.60 (728 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B005RR58MG |
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| Number of Pages | : | 263 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-11-05 |
| Language | : | English |
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As Mark Doty says: "Steven Reigns's graceful, plainspoken lyrics describe the shape of one gay life at the beginning of this new century, a time of uncertainty, transformation, and hope. The autobiographical poems of Steven Reigns's INHERITANCE introduce us to the gains and losses of a true American family and detail the bequests of the shadows that linger. Poetry. To read his book is to meet a man alert to his times and the textures of the lives around him, a community observed with tenderness, wit and pleasure.". Reigns glosses over nothing to reveal the secrets that turn suburbia into a coming-of-age battlefield. LGBT Studies
Powerful! Juliette Aiyana Steven Reigns does it again, but even more authentically, and more raw in his new title, Inheritance. Don't read this fantastic book of poems if you don't want your world rocked. Reigns will get you to see through his eyes, and he will get you to feel through his heart. He writes about what he has inherited from his family, friends and strangers, about what other people in his life have inherited from the same, and about what he would like to inherit from others. At times, he seems to have more compassion for o. Transformative Poetry at its Best - A Fantastic Collection by Steven Reigns Bryan Borland I've long argued that a good poem is like a photograph, capturing a moment in time, an expression on a beloved's face we want to remember, or perhaps a hairstyle or an ex-lover that maybe we'd like to forget. Reading Steven Reign's Inheritance (Lethe Press, 2010) is like looking through a photo album. In some of the poems the family in the photographs are our neighbors; in some of the poems they are our own blood, whether we admit it or not. Sometimes the poems are not photographs at all, but flashes like those. 'Silence only protects predators.' Reading Steven Reigns' unflinchingly real poems is a reminder of one of the core aspects of poetry: observe or experience, withdraw for perspective, condense and distill, and place with polished craft on a page. In his collection of poems, INHERITANCE, he has done just that, though these poems cover a period of history in the poet's life, a history that reflects childhood, family, and the gradual unraveling of the Norn's thread of life, moments that brought him to the place he now occupies - a mature poet who h
Steven Reigns explores the inexhaustible power of family to affect our lives and loves, and does so in a candid yet passionate manner remarkable for its evocative and wounding moments. --Tim Miller, author of Body Blows and 1001 Beds. This impressive and soulful collection displays a queer poetics so precise and deft it leaves the reader almost singed by how close to the mark the words flare. --Wanda Coleman, author of Heavy Daughter Blues and Mercurochrome: New PoemsSteven Reigns' Inheritance sizzles with the unsparing heat of memory
Reigns has an ability to reflect with unbridled honesty upon experiences and craft them into art. An out gay activist and survivor of abuse, Reigns has taught creative writing workshops around the country to gay youth groups and people living with AIDS. The writings are an open expedition into our feelings and senses. Reigns currently resides in Los An