![]() ![]() These poems question the role of a working-class raised, gay, mixed race scholar who is carving a path for himself in an academic setting that doesn’t readily accept his methodological approaches to issues of race, gender, and sexual identity in the 21st century. With support from UConn’s CLAS Dean’s Office, the Office of the Provost, and the Office of the Vice President for Research, and as part of the Mellon-supported Faculty of Color Working Group initiative, Forbes will be working on his current project, “Archaeological Revival: A Book of Poems.” This full-length book of poetry is written in the style of a “novel-in-many-verses,” a term Forbes has coined, as it maintains the narrative elements of a novel through the use of different poetic forms and styles. ![]()
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