Breaking the Blank is a spirited dialogue between poets—and
a meditation on love, parenting, gentrification, money, and the
literary life. In accessible free verse, haiku, sonnets, and other
forms, Dwayne Lawson-Brown and Rebecca Bishophall honor the African
American experience, make sacred the ordinary, and remind the reader
of the marvelous in the everyday.
“Breaking the
Blank is a contemporary treasure.” —Sistah Joy, Poet Laureate
of Prince George’s County, Maryland
“Crisp, riveting,
and often tender meditations on love, parenting, and—to paraphrase
the title of a National Public Radio program—This African American
Life.” —Reuben Jackson, author of fingering the keys and
Scattered Clouds: New & Selected Poems
