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is as enveloping as a hug from a loved one.”—MORGAN JERKINS,New York Times bestselling author of This Will Be MyUndoingW E INH E RITTHEPOE MSEFT\n\nW H AT  \n# FIRES\n\n## WIL LIAM EVAN S\n\nU.S.$16.00  \nCan.$22.00  \nWilliam Evans,the award-winning poet andcofounder of the popular culture websiteBlack Nerd Problems,offers an emotionallyvulnerable poetry collection exploring thethemes of inheritances,dreams,and injuriesthat are passed down from one generationto the next,and delves into the lived expe-rience of a black man in the Americansuburbs today.  \nIn We Inherit What the Fires Left,fall under thespell of Evans's boldly intimate,wise,and candidvoice in these urgent,electrifying poems.Evanswrites searingly from the perspective of themarginalized,delivering an unflinching examina-tion of what it is like to be a black man raising adaughter in predominantly white spaces and thestruggle to build a home and a future while carryingthe weight of the past.  \nHowever,in beautiful and quiet scenes ofdomesticity with his daughter or in thoughtfulreflection within himself,Evans offers words ofhope to readers,proving that resilience canultimately bloom even in the face of prejudice.  \nSimon &Schuster PaperbacksAn Imprint of Simon &Schuster,Inc.1230 Avenue of the AmericasNew York,NY10020  \nCopyright G2020 by Wiliam Evans  \nAll ights reserved,including the right to reproduce this book orportions thereof in any form whatsoever.For information addressSimon &Schuster Subsidiary Rights Department,1230 Avenue of the Americas,New York,NY10020.  \nFirst Simon &Schuster trade paperback edition March 2020  \nSIMON &SCHUSTER PAPERBACKS and colophon are registered trademarks of Simon &Schuster,Inc.  \nFor information about special discounts fo bulk purchases,please contactSimon &Schuster Special Sales at1-866-506-1949or business@simonandschuster.com.  \nThe Simon &Schuster Speakers Bureau can bring authors to your live event.For more information or to book an event contact theSimon &Schuster Speakers Bureau at 1-866-248-3049or visit our website at www.simonspeakers.com.  \nInterior design by Ruth Lee-Mui  \nManufactured in the United States of America  \n13579108642  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data isavailable.  \nISBN978-1-9821-2739-8  \nISBN 978-1-9821-2743-5(ebook)  \nDedicated to Beverly and Linda and Langston and William.Who sacrificed so much to make their granddaughter possible.  \n#### CONTENTS\n\n1 GRASS GROWING WILD BENEATH US3 The Engine  \n5 The Trail Says Three Point One Miles7 Interrogation  \n9 Soft Prayer for the Teething11 Little Lie13 Mimic  \n15 Because I Was Once Good17 On the First Snowfall19 Inheritance21 Good Storm23 Jordans25 Haunt  \n27 In the Event They Find Me Floating29 Waves  \n31 Through the Night33 Homecoming  \n35 Sometimes We Can't Do Anything about the Blood37 Backfire39 Inheritance41 Might Have to Kil43 Clean  \n45 Sharks and Minnows  \n47 Explaining Racism to My Seven-Year-Old49 Briefly We Were  \n51 The Truth about Families53 Descendant  \n55 Pledge to Raising a Black Girl57 Inheritance59 Passing for Day61 TRESPASS  \n63 Turn Down For Naught  \n65 After the Storm,It Was Business as Usual67 How to Assimilate  \n71 INever Got Over Tre Getting Out of Doughboy's Car  \n73 My Lyft Driver Says You Shouldn’t Call Your Children Smart  \n75 Inheritance  \n77 Looking Over My Shoulder,She Discovers a Lynching  \n79 Almost Hilarious  \n81 Battle of Versailles  \n83 Before:Good Neighbors  \n85 After:Good Neighbors  \n87 Social Experiment in Which IAm the[Bear]  \n91 Coriolis Effect  \n93 Trespass  \n95 Inheritance  \n97 Vacants  \n99 At Forty-Six Degrees Fahrenheit Somebody Breaks Out the Grill  \n101 IWill Love You Most When IBarely Remember Anything  \n103 Naked White Men Make Conversation with Me in the Gym Locker Room  \n105 Nightmare Court  \n107 He Says My Blood Pressure Is Excellent So Death Is Wasted on Me  \n#### 109 AGING OUT OF SOMEONE ELSE'S 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