Counting Descent by Clint Smith
A lyrical collection of poems tracing a coming-of-age journey through Black boyhood in America, weaving memories of family, school, love, and friendship with reflections on history, violence, and tenderness. It interrogates masculinity, inheritance, and the language used to measure self-worth, balancing grief with humor and joy. Intimate and political at once, it asks what it means to grow up safely and honestly while carrying the weight of a country’s past.
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- 2016
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