{"product_id":"sunday-you-learn-how-to-box-9780684857954","title":"Sunday You Learn How to Box","description":"Fourteen-year-old Louis Bowman is 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. Bil Wright deftly evokes an unrelenting world with quirky humor and clear-eyed unsentimentality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bil Wright\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Touchstone Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.01h x 5.25w x 0.49d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780684857954\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/10\/2000 pg. 44\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2000 pg. 16\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2000 pg. 1086\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/20\/2000 pg. 21\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2000 pg. 260\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist Ed Choice Adu Bk YA's\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2001 pg. 860\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/24\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBil Wright is an award-winning novelist and playwright. His novels include \u003ci\u003ePutting Makeup on the Fat Boy\u003c\/i\u003e (Lambda Literary Award and American Library Association Stonewall Book Award), the highly acclaimed \u003ci\u003eWhen the Black Girl Sings\u003c\/i\u003e (Junior Library Guild selection), and the critically acclaimed \u003ci\u003eSunday You Learn How to Box\u003c\/i\u003e. His plays include \u003ci\u003eBloodsummer Rituals\u003c\/i\u003e, based on the life of poet Audre Lorde (Jerome Fellowship), and \u003ci\u003eLeave Me a Message\u003c\/i\u003e (San Diego Human Rights Festival premiere). He is the Librettist for \u003ci\u003eThis One Girl's Story\u003c\/i\u003e (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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Touchstone Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40384351142003,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":20.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_49b50642-ea37-4818-b0f0-b4c5a3e3453c.jpg?v=1661435712","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/sunday-you-learn-how-to-box-9780684857954","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}