Poetry. THE HOMEBOY SONGS is Robert Lashley's complex homage to the black community of Tacoma, Washington. As part of a Northwest population with people from the deep South and a survivor of the Hilltop gang wars of the early 90's, Lashley's poetry makes sense of the multitude of voices that have surrounded him over the years. His passion joins high lyric poetry burnished by narrative structure, with a language attuned to the ear and the complexities of the human voice.

The Homeboy Songs

Literature & Fiction

Lashley, Robert

Poetry

Small Doggies Press

Poetry. African &amp; African American Studies. In UP SOUTH, his second book of poems, Robert Lashley has gone deeper into the rituals, folklore, and ceremonies of Black Tacoma. This is a book about cities within cities, where the present has roots in decades of history, and the evidence of things unseen still guides people's actions. In different forms, voices, and modes of rhetoric, Lashley paints complicated, moving pictures of environments, and people trying to survive in them.

Up South

Richard has a complicated mind. Follow him as he contends with depression and feelings of worthlessness. He tries to treat himself by developing a rich fantasy life of heterosexual sex. This builds to a crescendo when he starts to act out, and goes to a treatment center for sex addiction. He finds spirituality there and starts recovery. Addiction is a relapsing disease and with his thinking turning more violent, will he stay in recovery long-term?

The Mind Full

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

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The marines gave Jack structure and boundaries that he had never known. He left his life of drugs behind. Badly injured in the war zone he is exposed to opiates again. Addiction hits hard and a walk to a beautiful recovery begins. A woman, two dogs, an eccentric street person and twelve step provide the support he needs. Relapse is always possible and when Jack vanishes and he's implicated in a robbery, will he make it?

A Walk to Beautiful

Romance

Paranormal

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The Homeboy Songs

Up South

The Mind Full

A Walk to Beautiful