Life In The Unknown

About the Book

About the Book The book is titled: Life in the Unknown, and sub-titled; Let the free thinkers speak. The title is taken from one of my favorite poems in the book; it should be an interesting read. This title wasn’t the initial plan however, but it should call for interesting conversation in book signing. A part from the being a poetry book, there is no one classification or category that can be placed on the materials, which might come across as; controversial, edgy, insensitive, polarizing, funny, gritty, but yet it should come across as honest, and possibly witty. This book is aimed at challenging life and its imperfection, since we ourselves are imperfect, then judgment is therefore minimal; one to another respectively.

About the Author

Bertram Burrell is a new author that has come alive with an innovative form of poetry writing, his aim is to test the boundaries, be controversial, while keeping his work honest, and this is his way of giving the (free thinkers) a voice. Bertram Burrell was born and raised in Kingston Jamaica, now living in America for the past 11-years. While attending the Community College of Allegheny County (CCAC), he was asked to do a research on a famous poet, wanting to stay true to his roots; he researched a poet that was born and raised in Jamaica, but then migrated to America in the early 1900’s and like the famous Langston Hughes; was a part of the Harlem Renaissance. This famous author; Claude McKay, struggled getting his start as a poet, but eventually found fame with his poetry “If we must Die”. After reading Claude McKay’s “If we must Die”, Bertram was inspired to write his first piece titled “Empower Me”, which he recited in class, and was asked a few times to recite it at special events. After writing a few poems that year he was then encouraged to maybe consider publishing. He eventually send some of his work to a local publishing company; whom turned his work down (paraphrasing) that it was too politically insensitive. This discouraged him for a few years, as he thought his work wasn’t good enough for the public, but overtime found strength in the naysayers, and kept pushing the boundaries while using life to tell his tale through poetry.