{"product_id":"doppelgangbanger-paperback","title":"Doppelgangbanger - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCortney Lamar Charleston\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn his anticipated second poetry collection, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDoppelgangbanger\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e, Cortney Lamar Charleston examines the performance of Black masculinity in the U.S., and its relationship to family, love and community. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eWith the wit and musicality fitting of a 90s baby raised during the Golden age of hip-hop, Cortney Lamar Charleston grapples with the landscapes of Chicago's South Side and surrounding suburbs, and the tensions that impact a Black boy's struggle through self-destructive definitions of manhood. While the language in these poems is playful, Charleston's vulnerability invites readers to intimately witness the speaker's journey from adopted persona to an authentic self that defies traditional molds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCortney Lamar Charleston is a Cave Canem fellow from the Chicago suburbs. His debut collection, \u003cem\u003eTelepathologies\u003c\/em\u003e, won the 2016 Saturnalia Books Poetry Prize, selected by D.A. Powell. He began writing and performing poetry as a member of The Excelano Project when he was an undergraduate studying economics and urban studies at the University of Pennsylvania. His poetry is a marriage between art and activism, and a call for a more involved and empathetic understanding of the diversity of the human experience. In 2017, Charleston was a recipient of the Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowship from the Poetry Foundation. He currently serves as poetry editor at \u003cem\u003eThe Rumpus\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 100\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 09, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42692837965887,"sku":"9781642592658","price":19.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/a3cb2767724796b764c12075f4ff2c73.webp?v=1764996801","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/doppelgangbanger-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}