![]() ![]() ![]() Is The Black Flamingo entirely autobiographical, are certain parts based on your life or is it completely fictional? They are different because The Black Flamingo is a book of fiction and the poems tell a story and are written to be read sequentially. The two books are similar in that they are poetry and they look at some of the same themes of race and sexuality. How is The Black Flamingo similar to your first debut collection of poems ( I Am Nobody’s Nigger)? How is it different? The Black Flamingo is a coming of age story about a mixed race boy called Michael figuring out his identity in terms of race and sexuality and discovering a new side to himself in his drag person The Black Flamingo. Without giving too much away, can you tell us about your book The Black Flamingo? Before the pandemic struck, I got the chance to interview Dean Atta about one of my favourite books The Black Flamingo, which is a moving, lyrical, up-lifting and hopeful novel told in verse… ![]()
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