Ebook {Epub PDF} Sunday You Learn How to Box by Bil Wright

Strength and resilience fuel an urban teen’s fight for survival in this acclaimed novel from Bil Wright that “delivers a knock-out punch” (Venus Magazine).Fourteen-year-old Louis Bowman lives in a boxing ring—a housing project circa —and is fighting “just to get to the end of the round.” Sharing the ring is his mother, Jeanette Stamps, a ferociously stubborn woman battling 4/5(1). bil wright. Home; My Works; Click here to order this book. Sunday You Learn How to Box "Mom and I were both sure Ben was dead. If I'm never sure of anything else in my life, I knew the exact moment Ben and I had stopped speaking to each other for good. Ben was was on the driver's side, Mom was in the middle, next to him. Fourteen-year-old Louis Bowman lives his life from round to round in Bil Wright's Sunday You Learn How to Box. Wright tells the poignant tale of Louis' battles with his alcoholic mother and with his violent stepfather - both ending tragically, making it all seem starkly realistic. Wright's simplistic writing takes his readers into the mind of a young teen-ager, exposing emotions and urges/5(19).

Fourteen-year-old Louis Bowman lives his life from round to round in Bil Wright's Sunday You Learn How to Box. Wright tells the poignant tale of Louis' battles with his alcoholic mother and with his violent stepfather - both ending tragically, making it all seem starkly realistic. Wright's simplistic writing takes his readers into the mind of a. Strength and resilience fuel an urban teen's fight for survival in this acclaimed novel from Bil Wright that "delivers a knock-out punch" (Venus Magazine).Fourteen-year-old Louis Bowman lives in a boxing ring—a housing project circa —and is fighting "just to get to the end of the round.". SIDELIGHTS: Bil Wright had already established himself as a poet, short story writer, and playwright before his first novel, Sunday You Learn How to Box, was published in Sunday You Learn How to Box, which was described as a "captivating, assured first novel" by Advocate contributor Etelka Lehoczky, is about Louis, a young African.

Sunday You Learn How to Box by Bil Wright | Editorial Reviews. Paperback (Reprint) $ Paperback. $ NOOK Book. $ View All Available Formats. "Sunday You Learn How to Box is smart and sexy. Bil Wright's gorgeous first novel overflows with wit and lyricism, the wonders of desire, and the brutality of racism. Louis shows us the power of salvation when the savior and saved are one -- I couldn't put it down!" – Stephanie Grant, author of The Passion of Alice. Strength and resilience fuel an urban teenâÈçs fight for survival in this acclaimed novel from Bil Wright that âÈêdelivers a knock-out punchâÈë (Venu.