Bibliograph

Bright, Kiki Petrosino

Type

Label

Bright, Kiki Petrosino

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographic references

resource.biographical

autobiography

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Bright

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1297062826

Responsibility statement

Kiki Petrosino

Summary

"Bright: A Memoir, the first full-length essay collection from acclaimed poet Kiki Petrosino, is a work of lyric nonfiction, offering glimpses of a life lived between cultural worlds. "Bright, " a slang term used to describe light-skinned people of interracial American ancestry, becomes the starting point for an extended meditation on the author's upbringing in a mixed Black and Italian American family. Alternating moments of memoir, archival research, close reading and reverie, this work contemplates the enduring, deeply personal legacies of enslavement and racial discrimination in America. Situated at the luminous crossroads where public and private histories collide, Bright asks important questions about love, heritage, identity and creativity." --, Provided by publisher

Target audience

adult

resource.variantTitle

Bright, a memoi

Classification