Annotations
Author(s): John Keene
An experimental first novel of poem-like compression, Annotations has a great deal to say about growing up Black in St. Louis. Reminiscent of Jean Toomer's Cane, the book is in part a meditation on African-American autobiography. Keene explores questions of identity from many angles--from race to social class to sexuality (gay and straight). Employing all manner of textual play and rhythmic and rhetorical maneuvers, he (re)creates his life story as a jazz fugue-in-words.
Product Information
General Fields
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- : New Directions Publishing Corporation
- : New Directions Publishing Corporation
- : 0.11
- : 16 October 1995
- : .3 Inches X 5.3 Inches X 8 Inches
- : books
Special Fields
- : 96
- : 813/.54
- : English
- : Paperback
- : John Keene