Revising the Storm
Publisher: BOA Editions, Limited
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9781938160288
Subjects: Poetry (poetic works by one author)
Description: This debut collection by Cave Canem fellow Geffrey Davis burrows under the surface of gender, addiction, recovery, clumsy love, bitterness, and faith. The tones explored{u2014}tender, comic, wry, tragic{u2014}interrogate male subjectivity and privilege, as they examine their "embarrassed desires" for familial connection, sexual love, compassion, and repair. Revising the Storm also speaks to the sons and daughters affected by the drug/crack epidemic of the '80s and addresses issues of masculinity and its importance in family.