Narrative of the Life of the Brown Boy and the White Man

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WINNER OF THE 2007 CAVE CANEM POETRY PRIZE Selected by Claudia Rankine Prose poems that profile the interrelationship of the two central characters, looking deeply into their psyches and thoughts of race, class, and identity. Contents I. Narrative of the Life of the Brown Boy and the White Man The Brown Boy Dreams His Father is White and Thin Irrational Desire Brad Pitt, Kevin Bacon, and the Brown Boy's Mother II. The Brown Boy's Family The Brown Boy's Black Father Loses It The Brown Boy's Mother is Wearing Green The Brown Boy, the White Man, and the Snow The Brown Boy Imagines the White Man's Death Koi and Eel Dream Serena Williams, Whiteness, and the Act of Writing III. The Brown Boy's Flesh A Cruise The Brown Boy Remembers Mr. Moreau The Brown Boy Plays a Game The Brown Boy and the Baby IV. The Brown Boy's Travels The Brown Boy Opens His Mouth Underwater Joey, the Brown Boy, and Ricky The Accident V. The Brown Boy's Final Killing Incident and Episode in the Red House The Brown Boy's Flesh The Brown Boy's Final Killing VI. The Brown Boy's Clarity The Brown Boy is Looking and Listening The Brown Boy Loves the White Man Acknowledgments