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Tough Boy Sonatas

door Curtis Crisler

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A collection of poems depicts the lives of poverty, crime, despair, and lost innocence of African American teenagers growing up in Gary, Indiana.
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Tough Boy Sonatas includes acknowledgments and author information, this gives the book a personalized touch and allows the reader to find out why the author wrote this book and what influenced the author. The images in the poem are powerful and artistic but I do not think they all match with their perspective poems, but I can feel the pain through each individual. The poems reflect the troubles of those who live in ghettos/projects and the pain and troubles they experience everyday. If you have not experienced this life first-hand, or are close to someone who has, after reading the poems, your idea of these types of living conditions may be broadened. However, unless you experience it yourself, you won't have half of an idea as to what that life actually entails. ( )
  nseugene | Apr 19, 2017 |
Personal Response: The author presents a collection of poems about growing up in Gary, Indiana. The poems are written in the voice of the young African American male. The poems are graphic and they are ranging from violence to the struggles to claim a mature, male identity.

Curricular or Programming Connections: Poetry & Short Stories – Creative Writing
Poetry and short stories express many ideas, feelings, travels, holidays, events, school, work, jobs, relationships and life as a whole. ( )
  CarmellaLee | Aug 5, 2010 |
If you have ever taken the South Shore train from Michigan to Chicago, you have passed through Gary, Indiana. Odds are that if you are white, you pass right on through, perhaps noting the soot and the brute industrial feel. Odds are that if you are black, you too pass straight through this town living in the shadow of Chicago. Crisler tattoos Gary into memory in a way that is lyrical, poignant, and filled with strength. He makes you long to pull that stop cord and take a closer look at a place many of us only know in stereotype. The poems are beautiful even when describing the ash and grit of a place some of us are too afraid to visit. Many of the references are dated and some of the images don't match the poems, but overall the voice is excellent and the language is skillful and evocative. Some of the poems are downright stunning. Even though I don't think teens will get many of the references, they are appropriate and consistent and well chosen. It is like historical fiction in verse. I know a bit about Gary and this book takes me there. It is a grim book with gems of hope hidden among the cracks. Cooper's shadowy grey artwork is a perfect compliment to the text; his cover will pull in reluctant readers. The language will win over even the fussiest purist. Recommended for high school and even middle school readers. Give this to the reader who mistakenly believes that poetry is for wimps.
  edspicer | Nov 24, 2007 |
Crisler, Curtis L., Tough Boy Sonatas. Illus. Floyd Cooper. Boyds Mills
Press, Inc., 2007.

Tough Boy Sonatas (by Curtis L. Crisler) is an exquisite collection of sonatas about how rough life is in the projects and for the people who live their. The focus is on minority groups, such as African American and those of mulato or mixed origins, possibly Puerto Rican.

The illustrations (done by Floyd Cooper) are well done. They clearly give the reader a strong impression of the silent struggle of people who live in any inner city/projects.

The gritty look of the illustrations helps to drive home the atmosphere that the characters are surviving in. You can feel and smell the hot, oppressive heat of summers in these very poor neighborhoods. The smell of pollution of idling cars, stuck in traffic in these areas can almost be tasted.

Although the illustrations are well done, they serve only as the icing on the cake for lack of a better description. Each line of each sonata is packed with such power. You can feel the despair of the young girl whose apartment is on fire in “In Hell.”

Another example is the ”Tennis Match,” where there’s a gun battle going on over the selling of “candy.” This scenario is so realistic and common it could be taking place in the “bad” areas in Washington D.C., the Bronx, or in Chicago.

This books is should definitely be considered a work of literature. I would recommend this to more advanced readers, such as those in high school and into adult hood.

The reading of this entire book would be a wonderful addition in an English literature class, sociology class and/or psychology class. Activities could include the analysis of the writing, illustration and the interpretation of each poem by students.
  cdl | Sep 11, 2007 |
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