Searching For The Boy

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Summary: Inspiring and descriptive
Review: Gideon Ferebee Jr. has compiled a dynamic collection of poetry and prose in this slim volume, and it was hard for me to decide which grabbed me more: his strong rhyming cadences or the autobiographical prose essays. Meant to be a portrait of the artist's formative years, the book is also strewn with popular song lyrics which evoke the changing times and the popular culture which influence Mr. Ferebee's work. This is a book that will make you think and feel.

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Summary: Searching for the Boy
Review: SEARCHING FOR THE BOY is a book of poetry which is poignant and thrilling. The poems touch on all aspects of the author's experience as an "other" in a world which only pays lip service to diversity. They are snapshots in a scrapbook of growth to self-acceptance. Mr. Ferebee's several FOREWORDs expose his inner turmoil while fashioning his own maleness and sexuality. SEARCHING FOR THE BOY is a rebellion against definitions. It is required reading, not only for those who may feel left out by society, but especially by those who shape those categories into which we all "should" fit.

Rating:
Summary: Searching for the Boy
Review: SEARCHING FOR THE BOY is a book of poetry which is poignant and thrilling. The poems touch on all aspects of the author's experience as an "other" in a world which only pays lip service to diversity. They are snapshots in a scrapbook of growth to self-acceptance. Mr. Ferebee's several FOREWORDs expose his inner turmoil while fashioning his own maleness and sexuality. SEARCHING FOR THE BOY is a rebellion against definitions. It is required reading, not only for those who may feel left out by society, but especially by those who shape those categories into which we all "should" fit.