

Counting Descent
Author: Clint Smith
Narrator: Clint Smith
Unabridged: 1 hr 2 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Author's Republic
Published: 08/23/2019
Categories: Fiction, Poetry, African American & Black Poetry
Author: Clint Smith
Narrator: Clint Smith
Unabridged: 1 hr 2 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Author's Republic
Published: 08/23/2019
Categories: Fiction, Poetry, African American & Black Poetry
!!! [URL not allowed] In 56 poems, the realities of being a black boy in America are beautifully portrayed in this collection. Not only are the plights and queries of black boyhood portrayed, but black boy joy is an important component of these poems as well- so its pretty bala......more
This morning I intended to simply peruse this book of poems on my TBR list, but once I started I couldn't stop reading. Clint Smith writes deceptively emotional, startlingly accessible poems, poems so good I wanted to share them almost immediately. I restrained myself for now—wanting more, I guess,......more
"I have always used words / to try and convince the world / that I am worth something."......more
Clint Smith's first poetry collection. It's powerful. I especially enjoyed the series of poems about creatures and inanimate objects who converse with Black boys. I loved the social justice aspect of his poems. Favorite Poems: -"what the cicada said to the black boy" -"what the fire hydrant said to th......more