Talking In The Dark (Push Poetry)
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| Rating | : | 4.71 (738 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0439490367 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 144 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-03-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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He writes, "Admitting/the danger is a danger in itself." This memoir is as difficult as it is beautiful. From School Library Journal Grade 9 Up-An affecting memoir told in verse, this work launches a promising young poet. It is more than the recollection of faltering family life; it also deals with Merrell's acceptance of his homosexuality. He silently carries around his fear for ages. All rights reserved. The individual poems enhance one another yet stand alone. The language is measured, doled out carefully, artfully. The poems reveal the author's journey through childhood through the worrisome pit of teen sexuality, made all the more harrowing when a lover dies of AIDS. Merrell writes, "Years later I'll wonder how I didn't know I was lonely when everyone around me did." His sophisticated verse and compelling story will capture attention as it stirs compassion.Al
During the summer, earlier in his college career, Merrell was hired as the first PUSH Writing Intern. At 22, Billy Merrell is the youngest author to date published by the Push Imprint of Inc. It is an affecting memoir told in verse, this work launches a promising young poet.Merrell’s sophisticated verse and compelling story will capture attention as it stirs compassion.” School Library Journal. Merrell, who grew up in Jacksonville Florida, began writing poetry
In an amazing narrative of poems, Billy Merrell tells an ordinary story in an extraordinary way.. The moments you know - when you see your parents' marriage dissolving, when you realize you're a boy who likes boys, when you speak the truth and don't know if it will be heard. PUSH continues to break new ground with this remarkable poetry memoir of growing up, coming out, and exploring love.This is a memoir that is lived in moments. And the moment you get love back. The moments you don't recognize until later - when you leave things unsaid (even to yourself), when you feel your boyfriend letting go, when you give up on love
A Customer said The first gay book I've related to. Life-changing.. I'm a lesbian. I'm "The first gay book I've related to. Life-changing." according to A Customer. I'm a lesbian. I'm 20, not really a teen. But a friend told me about Billy Merrell's TALKING IN THE DARK because she knew I loved poetry, and it has since become one of my favorite contemporary collections. And not only that, but I found in Merrell a place to feel comfortable. Not only because I'm gay and so is he, but because he happens to be gay, and so do I. He is so wise for his age. My mother is reading it now, and that is what she told me.The poems are smart, emotional, revealing. Merrell strips his life down to amazing, telli. 0, not really a teen. But a friend told me about Billy Merrell's TALKING IN THE DARK because she knew I loved poetry, and it has since become one of my favorite contemporary collections. And not only that, but I found in Merrell a place to feel comfortable. Not only because I'm gay and so is he, but because he happens to be gay, and so do I. He is so wise for his age. My mother is reading it now, and that is what she told me.The poems are smart, emotional, revealing. Merrell strips his life down to amazing, telli. "AMAZING. The most Spiritual poetry book I've read!" according to Dana G. The thing that a lot of people sometimes forget about poetry is that when it's good, the poems become a part of your soul. Poems lift you up when you need lifting and bring you down when you need grounding.And this book is like that. Billy Merrell is a true poet and has the soul of a wise, wise man. And yet he's only 21! Amazing.The poems here may be about homosexuality and family struggle, may contain drug use and have moments of sexual description, but Merrell knows that the poems aren't REALLY about these things. Instead, they ar. Touching life experiences with surprising vulnerability J.A. I'm a little confused as to this book's classification as YA. Sure, there were sections that dealt with his childhood, but the most straightforward, poignant, and powerful poems were those that dealt with very mature topics: specifically, *after* he graduated from high school.Some of the poems, particularly those dealing with his friend Ben and the dissolution of his relationship, are very touching. Some are a little confusing, and I found myself backtracking to figure out who was being referred to in the poem, what the topic was, a