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The classical oral rhymes and hand clapping games of the African
American traditional nursery rhymes are set down as poetry in this
brilliantly written poetic narrative. Ensuring its survival, Bobby
Ray transmutes the oral traditions into enduring poetry and
establishes its place in Black Folk Art. Narrated from the
perspective of a modern day urban youths, "Accommodating Eden"
yearns to simplify his heart and mind through popular culture and
childhood poetry. As the story regresses from adolescences to
childhood, from the clean garage floor of a mechanic shop to the
dirty vacant lot used as a playground, Bobby Ray's two protagonists
Bookie and Willie struggle all their lives inside a failed love
story. Willie wants to be the exception in his neighborhood, and
Bookie believes that there is as much dignity in being a
working-class man as there is in being the educated exception.
Satirical and foretelling, "Accommodating Eden" reveals the
pseudo-promises of heart broken lovers.
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