Research Catalog

Title

Zero to three / F. Douglas Brown.

Author

Brown, F. Douglas, 1972-

Publication

Athens : University of Georgia Press, 2014.

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Additional Authors

Smith, Tracy K.

Description

84 pages; 22 cm

Summary

• "What started out as a way to address dealing with parenting and, in particular, fatherhood, became a series of poems focused on familial roles and situations that are difficult to articulate, even among family members. The poems in Zero to Three mark both the change in the child and in the father, who is also a son himself. The term "zero to three" derives from the developmental period that many clinicians and pediatricians believe is the most fundamental phase for children whose delicate brains are undergoing drastic and formative change. Research also shows that parents undergo formative change alongside their children during this period from conception to toddler age. These poems do not intend to offer a definitive stance on parenting or fatherhood but, rather, to capture an emotional gestational period that extends beyond the womb and exceeds beyond the grave. They celebrate pop culture and family, as well as lament the anguish and frustration of a parent losing his temper or a parent losing a parent. Ultimately, these poems attempt to sing and dance in the fact that parenting is a wonderful mystery to witness and experience. "--
• "From author: "What started out as a way to address how poets posthumously deal with parenting and in particular, fatherhood, became a series of poems addressing that which is difficult to say or convey amongst people. Zero to Three, derives from the developmental period that many clinicians and pediatricians believe is the most fundamental period for children whose delicate brains are undergoing drastic and formative change. Consequential, studies show that parents, too undergo formative change during this period from conception to toddler age alongside their children. The poems in this collection mark both the change in the child, in the father, and the father who is also a son himself. These poems, while not the or my definitive stance on parenting and fatherhood, capture a gestational period that extends beyond the womb, and exceeds beyond the grave. Lastly, these poems are a testimony that celebrate pop culture and family, as well as lament anguish and frustration, while attempting to sing and dance in the fact that parenting is a mystery to witness.""--

Series Statement

The Cave Canem Poetry Prize

Uniform Title

Poems. Selections

Alternative Title

Poems.

Subject

• Parent and child > Poetry
• Parenting > Poetry
• POETRY / American / General
• POETRY / American / African American
• Parent and child
• Parenting
• Fathers and sons > Poetry

Genre/Form

• Poetry
• Poetry.
• American poetry – African American authors.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

I Zero 3 -- Circumstance 4 -- The Skin of His Skin 6 -- This Name: His 7 -- Body Stubborn Side A: My Son's Prelude 8 -- Son Songs 9 -- Sick 10 -- Vegetarian Red 12 -- II This Name: Hers 17 -- My Daughter Speaks of Bitter 19 -- Hit Me Ghazal 20 -- Body Stubborn Remix: My Daughter Learns to Spin 22 -- Divorce Attempts to Answer My Daughter's Questions 23 -- Finding Glee 25 -- Hours After the News 26 -- Dear Defiance 28 -- Make Out Sonnet 29 -- The Talk 30 -- How to Tell My Dad that I Kissed a Man 31 -- Litany 33 -- III Portraits 39 -- Fragmented Venus: Odes to My Mother 43 -- A Body Overlapping Another 47 -- Body Stubborn Side B: My Father's Original Sample 48 -- The Next Round 49 -- Memento for a Mississippian 51 -- Closing 54 -- These Dead Days 55 -- What Did I Know 57 -- Brown Water Blues 58 -- This Name: Freddie B 62 -- IV Something My Sister Should Say 65.

ISBN

• 9780820347271 (paperback)
• 0820347272 (paper)

LCCN

^^2014015924

OCLC

876432065

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library