Revue de presse
"Not since Langston Hughes has an African American poet so ably combined the oral and literary traditions of his people to produce a collective poetic portrait of a singular Black man searching for love in a world gone awry." --Douglas Brinkley on Whispers, Secrets and Promises
"Filled with page-turning, lyrical passages that speak to a passion for words...a fascinating examination of a literary life still in progress." --"Times- Picayune" (New Orleans) on "Fathering Words"
"Ethelbert Miller brings an accomplished poet's stunning language to this important memoir, and no one writes more eloquently about the lives--the triumphs and dilemmas--of black American men than he does." --Charles Johnson, author of "Middle Passage" on "Fathering Words"
Présentation de l'éditeur
This memoir finds Miller returning to baseball, the game of his youth, in order to find the metaphor that will provide the measurement of his life. Almost 60, he ponders whether his life can now be entered into the official record books as a success or failure. One man's examination of personal relationships, depression, love and loss. This is a story of the individual alone on the pitching mound or in the batter's box. It's a box score filled with remembrance. It's a combination of baseball and the blues. A memoir from a literary activist.
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