Counting Descent

Name: Counting Descent
Brand: Author's Republic
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)
Author: Clint Smith
ISBN: 9781982784225

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

Synopsis

Clint Smith's debut poetry collection, Counting Descent, is a coming of age story that seeks to complicate our conception of lineage and tradition. Smith explores the cognitive dissonance that results from belonging to a community that unapologetically celebrates black humanity while living in a world that often renders blackness a caricature of fear. His poems move fluidly across personal and political histories, all the while reflecting on the social construction of our lived experiences. Smith brings the reader on a powerful journey forcing us to reflect on all that we learn growing up, and all that we seek to unlearn moving forward.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Darkowaa on September 23, 2017

!!! [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

Goodreads review by Reggie on October 11, 2017

6/5 stars. Best poetry I've ever read......more

Goodreads review by BookChampions on August 31, 2017

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

Goodreads review by Rose on September 26, 2017

"I have always used words / to try and convince the world / that I am worth something."......more

Goodreads review by Raymond on July 28, 2023

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