Some Are Drowning
Some Are Drowning
Reginald Shepherd
Series: Pitt Poetry Series
Copyright Date: 1994
Published by: University of Pittsburgh Press
https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw955
Pages: 88
https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt7zw955
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Some Are Drowning
Book Description:

This first collection of poems enacts the struggle of a young black gay man in his search for identity. Many voices haunt these poems: black and white, male and female, the oppressor's voice as well as the oppressed. The poet's aim, finally, is to rescue some portion of the drowned and the drowning.

eISBN: 978-0-8229-7974-6
Subjects: Language & Literature
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  1. Front Matter
    Front Matter (pp. i-vi)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw955.1
  2. Table of Contents
    Table of Contents (pp. vii-2)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw955.2
  3. I
    • The Difficult Music
      The Difficult Music (pp. 5-5)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw955.3
    • The New World
      The New World (pp. 6-6)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw955.4
    • Crossing Cocytus
      Crossing Cocytus (pp. 7-7)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw955.5
    • Wide Sargasso Sea
      Wide Sargasso Sea (pp. 8-8)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw955.6
    • Slaves
      Slaves (pp. 9-9)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw955.7
    • Paradise
      Paradise (pp. 10-10)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw955.8
    • Mine
      Mine (pp. 11-11)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw955.9
    • Provisional
      Provisional (pp. 12-12)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw955.10
    • Brotherhood
      Brotherhood (pp. 13-13)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw955.11
    • Black Money
      Black Money (pp. 14-14)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw955.12
    • The Lucky One
      The Lucky One (pp. 15-15)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw955.13
    • Sappho’s Fragment Thirty-One Revised
      Sappho’s Fragment Thirty-One Revised (pp. 16-16)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw955.14
    • Two or Three Things I Know About Him
      Two or Three Things I Know About Him (pp. 17-17)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw955.15
    • Shipbuilding
      Shipbuilding (pp. 18-18)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw955.16
    • Popular Beauty
      Popular Beauty (pp. 19-19)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw955.17
    • L’Enlèvement d’Amymoné
      L’Enlèvement d’Amymoné (pp. 20-20)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw955.18
  4. II
    • The Friend
      The Friend (pp. 23-23)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw955.19
    • Clair de Lune
      Clair de Lune (pp. 24-24)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw955.20
    • Faithless
      Faithless (pp. 25-25)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw955.21
    • Three A.M. Eternal
      Three A.M. Eternal (pp. 26-26)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw955.22
    • Reckless
      Reckless (pp. 27-27)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw955.23
    • Bacchus
      Bacchus (pp. 28-28)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw955.24
    • Self-Portrait as Shards of Mirror
      Self-Portrait as Shards of Mirror (pp. 29-29)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw955.25
    • Johnny Minotaur
      Johnny Minotaur (pp. 30-30)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw955.26
    • Perfect
      Perfect (pp. 31-31)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw955.27
    • In the Reading Room
      In the Reading Room (pp. 32-32)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw955.28
    • What Cannot Be Kept
      What Cannot Be Kept (pp. 33-33)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw955.29
    • Kindertotenlieder
      Kindertotenlieder (pp. 34-34)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw955.30
    • Black Is the Color of My True Love’s Hair
      Black Is the Color of My True Love’s Hair (pp. 35-35)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw955.31
    • A Muse
      A Muse (pp. 36-36)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw955.32
    • Two Boys Glimpsed in Late Light
      Two Boys Glimpsed in Late Light (pp. 37-37)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw955.33
    • Narcissus Explains
      Narcissus Explains (pp. 38-38)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw955.34
    • The First Farewell to Antinoüs
      The First Farewell to Antinoüs (pp. 39-39)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw955.35
    • Ariadne’s Dancing Floor
      Ariadne’s Dancing Floor (pp. 40-40)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw955.36
    • Psyche’s Lantern
      Psyche’s Lantern (pp. 41-42)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw955.37
    • Pindaric Ode to Yet Another White Man as Apollo
      Pindaric Ode to Yet Another White Man as Apollo (pp. 43-44)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw955.38
  5. III
    • A Primer of Small Stars
      A Primer of Small Stars (pp. 47-48)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw955.39
    • Phenomenology
      Phenomenology (pp. 49-49)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw955.40
    • Song to the Siren
      Song to the Siren (pp. 50-50)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw955.41
    • Where When Was
      Where When Was (pp. 51-51)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw955.42
    • North Pearl
      North Pearl (pp. 52-53)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw955.43
    • How Long Has This Been Going On?
      How Long Has This Been Going On? (pp. 54-54)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw955.44
    • White Days
      White Days (pp. 55-55)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw955.45
    • Tantalus in May
      Tantalus in May (pp. 56-56)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw955.46
    • Sunday
      Sunday (pp. 57-58)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw955.47
    • Narcissus Loved Rivers Best
      Narcissus Loved Rivers Best (pp. 59-59)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw955.48
    • Self-Portrait as a Man of Reason
      Self-Portrait as a Man of Reason (pp. 60-60)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw955.49
    • My Foolish Friend
      My Foolish Friend (pp. 61-61)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw955.50
    • A Brief Manual for Swimmers
      A Brief Manual for Swimmers (pp. 62-62)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw955.51
    • By Greenwich Time
      By Greenwich Time (pp. 63-63)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw955.52
    • Nuages
      Nuages (pp. 64-64)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw955.53
    • Avail
      Avail (pp. 65-65)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw955.54
    • Self-Portrait as First Snow
      Self-Portrait as First Snow (pp. 66-66)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw955.55
    • Whatever Wants to Be Seen Must Be Touched
      Whatever Wants to Be Seen Must Be Touched (pp. 67-69)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw955.56
    • Sebastian’s Summer Poem
      Sebastian’s Summer Poem (pp. 70-70)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw955.57
    • Rhizome
      Rhizome (pp. 71-71)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw955.58
    • Almost
      Almost (pp. 72-72)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw955.59
    • What Is Seized
      What Is Seized (pp. 73-74)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw955.60
    • Apparently
      Apparently (pp. 75-75)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw955.61
    • Until She Returns
      Until She Returns (pp. 76-76)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw955.62
  6. Back Matter
    Back Matter (pp. 77-79)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw955.63