Some Are Drowning - Shepherd, Reginald
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This collection of poems enacts the struggle of a young black gay man in his search for identity. The poet's aim is to rescue some portion of the drowned and the drowning. Shepherd is the winner of the 1993 Associated Writing Programs' Award Series in Poetry.

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This collection of poems enacts the struggle of a young black gay man in his search for identity. The poet's aim is to rescue some portion of the drowned and the drowning. Shepherd is the winner of the 1993 Associated Writing Programs' Award Series in Poetry.
Autorenporträt
Reginald Shepherd (1963-2008) was a Black, gay poet who grew up in the Bronx and went on to receive two MFAs, one from Brown University and one from the Iowa Writers Workshop. He authored two collections of poetry criticism and six poetry collections, all published by the University of Pittsburgh Press: Red Clay Weather, Fata Morgana, Otherhood, Wrong, Angel, Interrupted, and Some Are Drowning. His work has been widely awarded and anthologized and has appeared in four editions of The Best American Poetry and two Pushcart Prize anthologies. Shepherd received many awards and honors over his career, including grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation, among others.