{"product_id":"the-black-boys-escape-guide-rodney-vincent-solomon-9798349415616","title":"The Black Boy's Escape Guide","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn the tradition of James Baldwin and Langston Hughes, Rodney Solomon emerges as a vital new voice in American poetry.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in Jacksonville, Florida, during the Reagan era, Brooklyn resident Rodney Solomon witnessed firsthand the complexities of Black boyhood in the South during the 1980s and 1990s. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Black Boy's Escape Guide\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is both a roadmap and a sanctuary. These verses pulse with the rhythm of a soul who has moved through every space-sacred and secular, corporate and street-carrying the weight of history while carving out room to breathe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSolomon's work captures the duality of Black existence in America: the simultaneous need to navigate hostile systems while preserving the inner light that sustains us. His poetry speaks to anyone who has ever felt caught between worlds, offering not just escape routes but the radical possibility of transformation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRodney has been among you. Reared by a Korean War veteran and a Sears factory line worker, he's gone from collecting cans with his grandfather to the Fortune 500. Read his works-they'll show you all the dimensions of the world around you and in you, too.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Violence conquers life. Love conquers eternity.\" -From \"Notes of a Tired Soul\"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rodney Vincent Solomon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798349415616\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rodney V Solomon, Jr.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/12\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 56\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.15d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLarge Print\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Rodney Vincent Solomon","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48852563198207,"sku":"9798349415616","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-black-boys-escape-guide-rodney-vincent-solomon-9798349415616","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}