Felon: Poems Young Adult The intimate bonds and transgressions

The intimate bonds and transgressions among people and across racial divides

the ancient patriarch who seems to be fascinated by Noemí

Mama has gotten Ophie a job as a maid in the old manor house where she works

For readers who have engaged with America's legacy on race through the writing of Ta-Nehisi Coates and Michael Eric Dyson

Felon: Poems Young Adult The intimate bonds and transgressionsWinner 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