Threat Come Close, Tribeca, New York, NY: Four Way Books

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The covert art for Threat Come Close features a young Black man with a cast on his left arm seated in a metal folding chair reaching up to angle a heat lamp towards his upturned face. The lighting is dark, and he is cast partly in shadows. The title of the book Threat Come Close is in black all caps, and Coleman's name is listed in the bottom in white text.
Title
Threat Come Close, Tribeca, New York, NY: Four Way Books
Description
Coleman’s debut book won the 2020 GLCA New Writers Award for Poetry. Early mentor Diane Seuss wrote: “Whitman-like in its expansiveness, with Dickinson’s ferocious interiority, this collection represents the ravishing next step in American poetry.”
Date
2018
Type
Books
Format
Book
JPEG, 300 ppi.
Creator
Coleman, Aaron
Extent
6 X 9
Language
English
Spanish
Medium
Paper
Publisher
Four Way Books
Relation
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The covert art features a young Black man with a cast on his left arm seated in a metal folding chair, reaching up to angle a heat lamp towards his face.Threat Come Close manuscript
Source
PS3603.O5146 T44 2018
Threat Come Close. New York, New York: Four Way Books, 2018
Identifier
Coleman-Theat-Come-Close-992120149-cover.jpg
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Rights Statement
Item sets
Wherein I am: Highlights from the Aaron Coleman Papers
Site pages
Threat Come Close, Four Way Books, 2018
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The covert art for Threat Come Close features a young Black man with a cast on his left arm seated in a metal folding chair reaching up to angle a heat lamp towards his upturned face. The lighting is dark, and he is cast partly in shadows. The title of the book Threat Come Close is in black all caps, and Coleman's name is listed in the bottom in white text.Threat Come Close, Tribeca, New York, NY: Four Way Books, 2018

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Coleman, Aaron, “Threat Come Close, Tribeca, New York, NY: Four Way Books”, Four Way Books, 2018, Wherein I am: Highlights from the Aaron Coleman Papers, accessed May 12, 2025, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/whereiniam/item/45243