Intro -- Copyright -- Contents -- The Unauthorized Autobiography of Jung Thug -- I. -- Hip-Hop Introspective -- A Brief History of Poetry -- Etymology of Hoochie Mama -- The Attitude Era -- Grand Theft Auto III (2001) -- A Brief History of Violence -- Self-Portrait as a Chicken Dinner -- Still Life with the Dropout Bear Sitting in the Stands -- Keep Your Mouth Shut -- Still Life with Kendrick Lamar's Mama's Van -- Family and Consumer Sciences -- Animal Phat Farm -- Etymology of Gangsta -- Still Life with Crooked Painting and Bullet Holes in Grayscale -- (Sub)Urban Dictionary -- Dissplacement -- Elegy for a False Sense of Security -- Newton's Third Law / Negritude's First Law -- II. -- Genesis 10:11 -- Apologia with a Pregnancy Test and Weeping Jesus -- The Ballad of Addy Walker: An African-American Girl Story -- Still Life with Torso of Cornrowed Neo-Soul Sanger -- Hip-Hop Introspective -- Giving Dap -- Waves -- Louis Vuitton Timberlands -- "I Like My Women Like I Like My Cars," -- Doppelgangbanger -- Psalm for P. -- A Can of Murray's Pomade, 1990-Present -- Still Life with Woman and Balloons in Noir -- Gangsters, Disciples -- Still Life with the Color Orange -- Grand Street -- The Love Song of Percy Sledgehammer -- Jesus Piece -- A Character Solemnly Torn -- III. -- Self-Portrait as a Shadow -- Hip-Hop Introspective -- Lesson for Cortney -- Self-Portrait as a Tea Bag -- "When I Grow Up, I Want to Be a Martyr" -- Sonic & Knuckles (1994) -- Still Life with Young Black Woman's Face Etched into a School Desk -- Devotion ("I Am on the Battlefield for My Lord") -- Still Life with Light-Skinned Rapper Wearing Newsboy Cap -- Moving Day (New Kids in the Neighborhood) -- White History Month -- Still Life with Black Boy's Face Overlaying Project Buildings -- Triggernometry -- Jumpman: A Ghazal with Pivots -- Jim Opus [jim oh-puh s] -- Still Life with Skateboarding Rapper Orbited by Nerd Paraphernalia -- No Weapon Formed Against Me Shall Prosper -- Thugonomics -- Ode to FAFSA -- On Recidivism -- Ode to the Paycheck -- "I Ain't Mean to Scare You, Lil' Nigga."
Summary:
"In his anticipated second poetry collection, Doppelgangbanger, Cortney Lamar Charleston examines the performance of Black masculinity in the U.S., and its relationship to family, love and community. With the wit and musicality fitting of a 90s baby raised during the Golden age of hip-hop, Cortney Lamar Charleston grapples with the landscapes of Chicago's South Side and surrounding suburbs, and the tensions that impact a Black boy's struggle through self-destructive definitions of manhood. While the language in these poems is playful, Charleston's vulnerability invites readers to intimately witness the speaker's journey from adopted persona to an authentic self that defies traditional molds."--Publisher's website.
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