![]() Rather, Brinkley explores black men under both the pressurized violence and bottled up tenderness that undoes them at every turn. ![]() I paused only to appreciate the beauty of its tonal blues and tenderness its achingly beautiful and wholly unpredictable grace.Ī Lucky Man, out this May, is the stunning debut short story collection by Jamel Brinkley, one that reminds me of Moonlight. I remember curling up with my blanket and emotions on an airplane, landing and renting it again as soon as I returned to my apartment. I couldn’t stop talking about Moonlight after I saw it. Personally, I hunger for more complicated views of masculinity. Critics sportingly hunt down that dictum wherever it appears, and one only wishes it a rapid extinction. We are in a cultural moment where men’s predatory behavior - in the workplace, at parties, in living rooms and in the White House - has wrung dry any grace that dictums like "boys will be boys" previously provided. ![]()
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