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- Born in 1960 in Newark, New Jersey, Roberts Counts grew up poor in the projects.
- Author(s): Robert Counts
- 106 Pages
- Poetry, American
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About the Book
Incarcerated at 20, Counts taught himself to write poetry. His poems, signed Ishmael Shamsid-dinNas he was known for almost 30 yearsNdeal with ghetto violence, the goodness and beauty of nature, and love as a source of redemption.Book Synopsis
Born in 1960 in Newark, New Jersey, Roberts Counts grew up poor in the projects. Incarcerated at twenty, he began to read everything he could find from Shakespeare and Malcolm X to Einstein and Robert Frost. Gradually, he taught himself to write poetry. His poems, signed Ishmael Shamsid-din-as he was known for almost thirty years-deal with ghetto violence, the goodness and beauty of nature, and love as a source of redemption. With wit and lyric energy, Counts shows us what it takes to resist bitterness and nurture hope. "These are poems of struggle: with language, in the first instance; with the mechanisms that spin the universe; with the gods and goddesses of love; but most of all with a recalcitrant self which refuses worn and easy paths." -Paul Lauter, Editor, The Heath Anthology of American LiteratureDimensions (Overall): 8.0 Inches (H) x 5.0 Inches (W) x .25 Inches (D)
Weight: .27 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 106
Genre: Poetry
Sub-Genre: American
Publisher: Full Court Press
Theme: African American
Format: Paperback
Author: Robert Counts
Language: English
Street Date: July 12, 2012
TCIN: 1004199093
UPC: 9780984953684
Item Number (DPCI): 247-11-0405
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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