Gregory Pardlo's father was a brilliant and charismatic man--a leading labor organizer who presided over a happy suburban family of four. But when he loses his job following the famous air traffic controllers' strike of , he succ From the beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning poet: an extraordinary memoir and blistering meditation on fatherhood, race, addiction, and ambition. A MEMOIR OF AMBITION AND MANHOOD IN AMERICA. by Gregory Pardlo ‧ RELEASE DATE: Ap. A celebrated poet shares the stories that defined him. Near the beginning of his first work of nonfiction, Pulitzer Prize winner Pardlo (Digest, , etc.) discusses the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization strike of , which served as a way for Ronald Reagan to demonstrate his . He is also the author of Air Traffic: A Memoir of Ambition and Manhood in American (). The book, which weaves together Pardlo’s family history—including his father’s role in the air traffic controller’s strike—with a larger exploration of Blackness and masculinity in American culture, was named to numerous top-ten lists, including the BBC, Vogue, the New Jersey Monthly, and the New .
In , Pardlo was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship. Pardlo's poems, reviews, and translations have been widely published and are noted for "language simultaneously urban and highbrow snapshots of a life that is so specific it becomes universal." He is also the author of Air Traffic: A Memoir of Ambition and Manhood in American (). Air Traffic: A Memoir of Ambition and Manhood in America by Gregory Pardlo and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at bltadwin.ru Air Traffic: A Memoir of Ambition and Manhood in America - Gregory Pardlo When I was Puerto Rican - Esmeralda Santiago What The Eyes Don't See, Mona Hanna-Attisha Malcriada Other Stories My Time Among the Whites: Notes from an Unfinished Education - Jennine Capó Crucet In the Dream House: A Memoir - Carmen.
Pardlo’s memoir powerfully illustrates one man’s attempt to reconcile the ways that family dynamics influence and infiltrate people’s lives. (Apr.). Səsləndirən: Gregory Pardlo. The Pulitzer Prize–winning poet talks about his new book, Air Traffic: A Memoir or Ambition and Manhood in America. · Gregory Pardlo's father was a brilliant and charismatic man--a leading labor organizer who presided over a happy suburban family of four. “Gregory Pardlo’s Air Traffic is not just one of the best memoirs I’ve ever read—it’s an ice core drill through the complexities of American life. Each chapter illuminates how economics, class, labor relations, education, and race have shaped the American character, and the lives of the truly remarkable people here, with deep knowledge and with exquisite sentences that alternately surprise, move, and delight.”.
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