A stunning poetry debut juxtaposing the roots of black, male identity against an urban Kentucky landscape.

Hailed as one of the most authentic black voices of his generation, in this autobiographical debut collection poet Bernard Clay artfully renders coming-of-age in the predominately black West End of Louisville, Kentucky. Balancing the spirited grit of a farmer and the careful lyricism of a poet, English Lit is a triumph of new Affrilachian--African American and Appalachian--literature.

Published by Old Cove Press