The Man-Child Chronicles: Selected Poems - Softcover

Newson, Charles

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0595287689 ISBN 13: 9780595287680

Publisher: iUniverse, Inc., 2003

Synopsis

My parents take long walks together in the evenings,and it is clear that theirs is a good and full life.I'm riding an empty subway car to an engagement with freshstrangers and pray tonight won't be like the night before and the one before and the one before and the one before.My mother power shops at the supermarket daily.My father can spend three days with the Sunday paper.I envy their satisfaction.I stand in awe of their pleasure capacity.They've found all they needed in modern living.I ride a bullet and pray.-The Blue LinePoem by poem, The Man-Child Chronicles captures this small awakening and all the other tiny revelations that lead from youth to maturity. Family, friendships, sex and individuality take on new dimensions. Careers, ethics and character quit being abstract and become real issues of contention. Meanwhile, there is an ongoing struggle to be simultaneously cool, true and responsible. The Man-Child Chronicles illustrates that even today growing up is never easy and never impossible.

About this title

About the Author

Funny, thoughtful and engaging, Rasheed Newson?s writing examines what is often overlooked in daily life. His published works have covered topics ranging from civic duty and juvenile crime prevention to movies and male vanity. Rasheed, 24, is a graduate of Georgetown University and lives in Los Angeles.

Edition details

• Publisher: iUniverse, Inc.
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0595287689
• ISBN 13: 9780595287680
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 70