Poetry. African American Studies. LGBT Studies. STATUS is a collection of commiserations, wisdoms, placeholders, remembrances, lessons, guiding principles, wives' tales, riddles, puns, purges, time management tools, and helpful hints. It is an amalgamation of reiterations, fortunes, factoids, and foibles. There are spills and freezes. This representation is full of forget-me-nots, deciphers, misfires, and strikes. Somewhere between poem, prompt, and punditry lies Pithos, the quip, the quick, the truth, an emergent poetic form: the Facebook status.

Author City: OAKLAND, CA USA

Marvin K. White—author of OUR NAME BE WITNESS, STATUS, and Lambda Literary Award finalists LAST RIGHTS and NOTHIN' UGLY FLY—is a poet, performer, playwright, visual artist and community arts organizer. White is a Cave Canem fellow, sits on the board of Fire & Ink, a national black LGBT writers organization, and is co-founder of B/GLAM (Black Gay Letters and Arts Movement).