These sonnets were inspired by the Preludes of Chopin.

Do keys matter? Do they speak to different parts of us? Inspired by the Preludes of Chopin and the piano solos of Art Tatum, these experimental sonnets seek to question timbre and tone. That’s bullshit. They are just sonnets.

“Percival Everett is a genre.”Kiese Laymon, author of the author ofLong Divisionand MacArthur Fellow

“I feel very deeply that he is one of the most profoundly talented writers of all time.” Robin Coste Lewis, authorof Voyage of the Sable Venusand National Book Award for Poetry Winner

Percival Everettis the author of fifteen novels, among themThe Water Cure,Erasure, andGlyph. He is the author of the poetry collection Abstraktion und Einfhlung, the coauthor ofA History of the African-American People(Proposed) by Strom Thurmond, as told to Percival Everett & James Kincaid (A Novel), and provided annotations for Akashic’s publication ofThe Jefferson Bible. He is Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Southern California and lives in Los Angeles.

• Publisher:Red Hen Press
• Publish Date: August 20, 2024
• Pages: 64
• Dimensions: 5.6 X 8.0 X 0.4 inches | 0.2 pounds
• Language:English
• Type: Paperback
• EAN/UPC: 9781636281667
• BISAC Categories: American – African American, Subjects & Themes – General, Sonnets