Felon: Poems Ages 8 and up they were silent

they were silent

glamorous covers

from conservatism to the push for personal freedom

Table of Contents:“Preface” by Caitlin Roper“Introduction” by Rivka Galchen“Recognition” by Victor LaValle“A Blue Sky Like This” by Mona Awad“The Walk” by Kamila Shamsie“Tales from the LA River” by Colm Tóibín“Clinical Notes” by Liz Moore“The Team” by Tommy Orange“The Rock” by Leila Slimani“Impatient Griselda” by Margaret Atwood“Under the Magnolia” by Yiyun Li“Outside” by Etgar Keret“Keepsakes” by Andrew O’Hagan“The Girl with the Big Red Suitcase” by Rachel Kushner“The Morningside” by Téa Obreht“Screen Time” by Alejandro Zambra“How We Used to Play” by Dinaw Mengestu“Line 19 Woodstock/Glisan” by Karen Russell“If Wishes Was Horses” by David Mitchell“Systems” by Charles Yu“The Perfect Travel Buddy” by Paolo Giordano“An Obliging Robber” by Mia Couto“Sleep” by Uzodinma Iweala“Prudent Girls” by Rivers Solomon“That Time at My Brother’s Wedding” by Laila Lalami“A Time of Death

placing him in a life-or-death situation

Felon: Poems Ages 8 and up they were silentWinner of the NAACP Image Award and finalist for the 2019 Los Angeles Times Book PrizeA powerful work of lyric art. New York Times Book Review, Editors Choice In fierce, agile poems, Felon tells the story of the effects of incarcerationcanvassing a wide range of emotions and experiences through homelessness, underemployment, love, drug abuse, domestic violence, fatherhood, and graceand, in doing so, creates a travelogue for an imagined life. Reginald