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Sunday You Learn How to Box
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Sunday You Learn How to Box Paperback - 2000

by Bil Wright

Louis Bowman, the engaging, young protagonist of this coming-of-age novel, is in the boxing ring both literally and metaphorically, fighting, as he says, "just to get to the end of the round."


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Sunday You Learn How to Box presents an unforgettable portrait of fourteen-year-old Louis Bowman in a boxing ring -- a housing project circa 1968 -- fighting "just to get to the end of the round." Sharing the ring is his mother, Jeanette Stamps, a ferociously stubborn woman battling for her own dreams to be realized; his stepfather, Ben Stamps, the would-be savior, who becomes the sparring partner to them both; and the enigmatic Ray Anthony Robinson, the neighborhood "hoodlum" in purple polyester pants, who sets young Louis's heart spinning with the first stirrings of sexual longing. Blending quirky humor and clear-eyed unsentimentality, Bil Wright deftly evokes an unrelenting world with lyricism and passion.

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  • Title Sunday You Learn How to Box
  • Author Bil Wright
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 224
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Touchstone Books, New York
  • Date 2000-02-04
  • ISBN 9780684857954 / 0684857952
  • Weight 0.52 lbs (0.24 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.01 x 5.25 x 0.49 in (20.35 x 13.34 x 1.24 cm)
  • Ages 14 to 17 years
  • Grade levels 9 - 12
  • Reading level 810
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
    • Topical: Coming of Age
  • Library of Congress subjects African Americans, Connecticut
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 99041479
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

Media reviews

Citations

  • Booklist, 02/15/2000, Page 1086
  • Booklist Ed Choice Adu Bk YA's, 01/01/2001, Page 860
  • Kirkus Reviews, 01/01/2000, Page 16
  • New York Times, 02/20/2000, Page 21
  • Publishers Weekly, 01/10/2000, Page 44
  • School Library Journal, 09/01/2000, Page 260

About the author

Bil Wright is an award-winning novelist and playwright. His novels include Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy (Lambda Literary Award and American Library Association Stonewall Book Award), the highly acclaimed When the Black Girl Sings (Junior Library Guild selection), and the critically acclaimed Sunday You Learn How to Box. His plays include Bloodsummer Rituals, based on the life of poet Audre Lorde (Jerome Fellowship), and Leave Me a Message (San Diego Human Rights Festival premiere). He is the Librettist for This One Girl's Story (GLAAD nominee) and the winner of a LAMI (La Mama Playwriting Award). An associate professor of English at CUNY, Bil Wright lives in New York City. Visit him at BilWright.com.
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