UNSTEADY, Monique Ferrell's first full-length collection of poetry and dramatic monologues, is an examination of a life in progress. The verse in this collection delves deeply into such themes as race, class, violence, gentrification, sexuality, celebrity, love, and politics. It is designed to explore the life issues of which we are all so certain, but hopes to express that uncertainty-being unsteady-is normal and can lend itself to deep reflection and creativity. In its pages, you will find poems about infamous cultural figures like Billie Holiday, Mike Tyson, and Tennessee Williams. Additionally, the reader will find poems about a mother who made a difficult and irrevocable decision during Hurricane Katrina, and about the late Lashaundra Armstrong-a woman who drove herself and her five children into the Hudson River during the winter of 2011. It is a visceral examination of things that matter to the writer, and in the end, after your own examination, things that will matter to you as well.

Author: Monique Ferrell
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: NYQ Books
Published: 11/15/2011
Pages: 84
Weight: 0.36lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.17d
ISBN: 9781935520535
Firsttion Edition

About the Author
Ferrell, Monique: - Monique Ferrell is a Professor of English in New York City. She was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY in the neighborhood affectionately known as Bed-Stuy. A portion of her writing focuses on that neighborhood, specifically the social and cultural challenges that impact issues of race, community, and gender. Outside of her academic pursuits, she is a widely published and anthologized poet and fiction writer. She frequently reads and lectures at colleges and universities across the country and has appeared as a featured guest at several creative writing events. She is the author of a prose collection, Black Body Parts (Cross +Roads Press, 2001) and a poetry collection, UNSTEADY (NYQ Books, 2011). She is currently at work on completing her short-fiction collection, Impetus. Her book of feminist criticism, Her Own Worst Enemy: The Eternal Internal Gender Wars of Our Sisters, is due to be released in the fall of 2012.