nothin' ugly fly: poemsby Marvin K. White In nothin ugly fly, Marvin K. White follows his celebrated last rights by charting the course from being a boy "dangerous and unexpected" to being a man who becomes "expected" through loving another man. The black bird that is his poetry emerges out of the relation between what is said and what is only hinted in the voice and music of his work. In his best poems, the self asserted is fiercely witty and soul filled, and it embodies

The Normal School

remembrances

and the Power of the Present Moment (The Ohio State Press

this text opens doors to worlds we might otherwise pass by

by Alexis De Veaux

He was educated at the University of Maryland

Look for bull-jean & dey/dem back from 53rd State Press

© 2008 by Estate of Joseph Beam

by Yvonne Fly Onakeme Etaghene

James is the author of the Lambda Literary Award and Ferro-Grumley Award finalist collection Shaming the Devil: Collected Short Stories

works of art

ISBN-13: 978-0-9786251-7-7