In Your Crib

Austin Clarke

In Your Crib
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Guernica Editions,Canada
Country
Canada
Published
1 April 2015
Pages
230
ISBN
9781771830201

In Your Crib

Austin Clarke

Two black men: the poet, an elder and veteran of last century’s civil rights movement; and a nameless youth, swaggering and beltless, seduced by guns-and-gangs and expensive cars, and perpetually targeted by police. They are brothers by the colour of their skin, neighbours in the same crib , yet separated by a lifetime of experience. Invoking memories of his personal encounters with leaders like Malcolm X, Stokely Carmichael and Amiri Baraka, the poet berates his heir for dropping the torch, and regrets his own failure to protect, inspire and speak out on the young man’s behalf. In the tradition of Bob Marley’s Redemption Song, In Your Crib is a lyrical plea, both indictment and lamentation, and a powerful account of the ongoing struggle for racial equality.

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