Prime: Poetry & Conversation

by L. Lamar Wilson, Rickey Laurentiis, Darrel Alejandro Holnes

Poetry & Conversation is a first-of-its-kind document of poetry and ongoing conversation in the black, queer literary community, a necessity as the historically well-indexed canon of white queer writers continues to grow with little diversity. Sparked into existence by a Best American Poetry blog from Jericho Brown in which he singled out some of the most exciting young, black, and gay men writing today, Prime features poems by and dialogue between poets Darrel Alejandro Holnes, Saeed Jones, Rickey Laurentiis, Phillip B. Williams, and L. Lamar Wilson. Jericho Brown provides the introduction for this collection, which is proudly published by Sibling Rivalry Press.

Genres: Poetry

104 pages, Paperback

First published June 10, 2014

Reviews

[willowdog · Rating 3 out of 5]

Revealing poems and conversations among gay, African-American poets about their work, mentoring, and their theory of poetry. Found L. Lamar Wilson's conversation a bit self-serving..and I enjoyed Sacrilegion--would have liked him talking more in general.