These sonnets were inspired by the Preludes of Chopin. Do keys matter? Do they speak to different parts of us? Inspired by the Preludes of Chopin and the piano solos of Art Tatum, these experimental sonnets seek to question timbre and tone. That's bullshit. They are just sonnets. "Percival Everett is a genre."—Kiese Laymon, author of the author of Long Division and MacArthur Fellow "I feel very deeply that he is one of the most profoundly talented writers of all time." —Robin Coste Lewis, author of Voyage of the Sable Venus and National Book Award for Poetry Winner Percival Everett is the author of fifteen novels, among them The Water Cure, Erasure, and Glyph. He is the author of the poetry collection Abstraktion und Einfühlung, the coauthor of A History of the African-American People (Proposed) by Strom Thurmond, as told to Percival Everett & James Kincaid (A Novel), and provided annotations for Akashic's publication of The Jefferson Bible. He is Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Southern California and lives in Los Angeles. Publisher: Red Hen Press Publish Date: August 20, 2024 Pages: 64 Dimensions: 5.6 X 8.0 X 0.4 inches | 0.2 pounds Language:English Type: Paperback EAN/UPC: 9781636281667 BISAC Categories: American - African American, Subjects & Themes - General, Sonnets
