You Hear Me?: Poems and Writing by Teenage BoysTeenage boys speak out—without the filter of adult sensibility—in a compelling collection of poetry and prose. In a powerful collection of more than seventy uncensored poems and essays, more than fifty teenage boys from across the country explore their many-layered concerns: identity, love, envy, gratitude, sex, anger, competition, fear, hope. Here, unadorned and without the filter of adult sensibility, is the raw stuff of their lives, in their own words. Isn’t it time to listen? |
Contents
INTRODUCTIONS by Thomas Andrade | 2 |
INSTRUCTIONS FOR LIFE by Brando | 10 |
ODE TO MY HAIR TAIL by Rigo Landin | 17 |
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