Sunday You Learn How To Box
Language: English
Published by Scribner Paperback Fiction, 2000
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New York. 2000. February 2000. Scribner Paperback Fiction. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. 0684857952. Paperback Original. 220 pages. paperback. Cover design by Francine Kass. Cover illustration (detail) by P. J. Loughran. keywords: African American Literature America. DESCRIPTION - SUNDAY YOU LEARN HOW TO BOX presents an unforgettable portrait of fourteen-year-old Louis Bowman in a boxing ring - a housing project circa 1968 - fighting ‘just to get to the end of the round.' Sharing the ring is his mother, Jeanette Stamps, a ferociously stubborn woman battling for her own dreams to be realized; his stepfather, Ben Stamps, the would-be savior, who becomes the sparring partner to them both; and the enigmatic Ray Anthony Robinson, the neighborhood ‘hoodlum' in purple polyester pants, who sets young Louis's heart spinning with the first stirrings of sexual longing. Blending quirky humor and clear-eyed unsentimentality, Bil Wright deftly evokes an unrelenting world with lyricism and passion. ‘A boy's deeply affecting rite of passage, simply and eloquently told.' - PAULE MARSHAlL, author of BROWN GIRL, BROWNSTONES and DAUGHTERS. ‘Bil ii Wright's fresh, impressive voice provides the knockout punch in this poignant debut novel.' - APRIL SINCLAIR, author of COFFEE WILL MAKE You BLACK and I LEFT MY BACK DOOR OPEN. ‘B1l Wright is pithy, fun, and one of the liveliest narrative voices in fiction today.' - SAMUEL R. DELANY, author of TIMES SQUARE RED, TIMES SQUARE BLUE. ‘A beautifully written, evocative novel. Bil Wright is an exciting new talent.' - HILTON ALS, author of THE WOMEN. inventory #27434.…
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- Title
- Sunday You Learn How To Box
- Author
- Wright, Bil
- Publisher
- Scribner Paperback Fiction
- Publication year
- 2000
- Condition
- Very Good in Wrappers
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0684857952
- ISBN 13
- 9780684857954
- Edition
- First Edition.
Fourteen-year-old Louis Bowman lives in a boxing ring—a housing project circa 1968—and is fighting “just to get to the end of the round.” Sharing the ring is his mother, Jeanette Stamps, a ferociously stubborn woman battling for her own dreams to be realized; his stepfather, Ben Stamps, the would-be savior, who becomes the sparring partner to them both; and the enigmatic Ray Anthony Robinson, the neighborhood “hoodlum” in purple polyester pants, who sets young Louis’s heart spinning with the first stirrings of sexual longing.
Bil Wright deftly evokes an unrelenting world with quirky humor and a clear-eyed perspective in this “deeply felt coming-of-age novel” that “reads like the best of memoirs” (School Library Journal).
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