It is the story/of a son whose father is a ghost." Critical reception He raises some old themes in American literature like the cage of masculinity or the relationship between father and son in passages like: “Christianity is a religion built around a father/Who does not rescue his son. The collection was inspired by Wanda Coleman's series of "American Sonnets" In the sonnets Hayes deplores the rising violence related to racism in America. and directly addresses Donald Trump in some poems and does not hesitate to mock him, calling him "Mister Trumpet". After the 2016 U.S election, the author decided to write political poems. Each sonnet addresses contemporary issues of American society and its politics. The title of the collection, " American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin" (singularized to “American Sonnet”) is also the title of each poem in the book. It was a finalist for the 2018 National Book Award for poetry, and was shortlisted for the T. Written after the 2016 American elections, this collection treats topics like racism, masculinity, and politics. American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin is a 2018 collection of more than seventy sonnets by Terrance Hayes.
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