Urban Contemporary History Month

Urban Contemporary History Month

Author Scott Woods Cover Artist Country United States Language English Genre Poetry Published (Brick Cave Media) Media type Print (Paperback) Pages 118 ISBN 9781938190308

Urban Contemporary History Month is a poetry book by author Scott Woods. It was published by Brick Cave Media.

Description

In his second full length collection, Scott Woods further interrogates the intersection of identity and society, exposing the frequently imposed and false duality of twenty-first century Black life by a world that prefers its art and people in neat boxes.

The poems of Urban Contemporary History Month navigate multiple sides of the issues it raises – police abuse, idol worship, the definition of Black culture, and the importance of the blues chief among them – chipping away at our understanding and acceptance of American life as we know it. The collection includes extended meditations on juke joint culture, art as a communal projection, and a cento comprised entirely of the first lines of Stephen King stories. Both personal and quietly polemic, Urban Contemporary History Month is a sly, knowing collection told with the trademark humor and intellectual nuance Woods is frequently praised for.

Critical Reception

• "Scott Woods makes use of a fine balance between the academic brilliance of James Baldwin and the hip musical passion of Prince with every line in this book." - J. Moore (via Amazon)

• "If each American poet must play for either the Whitmans or the Dickinsons, then Scott Woods clearly belongs on the Whitman team." - Bill Kerwin (via Goodreads)

External Links

• Urban Contemporary History Month at Brick Cave.