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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Alfred a Knopf Inc
Publication date
January 9, 2007
Pages
156
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780307264350
ISBN-10
0307264351
Dimensions
0.75 by 6.40 by 9.25 in.
Weight
0.85 lbs.
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Publisher Out of Stock Indefinitely
Original list price
$24.95
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
The author of the award-winning poetry collection Jelly Roll explores a variety of African-American themes, passages, and griefs in a selection that includes 'Elegy for Miss Brooks,' a tribute to the late Gwendolyn Brooks, as well as works on Lionel Hampton, Jim Crow, a lynching, and the legacy of the Confederacy.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: In this passionate new collection, Kevin Young takes up a range of African American griefs and passages. He opens with the beautiful “Elegy for Miss Brooks,” invoking Gwendolyn Brooks, who died in 2000, and who makes a perfect muse for the volume: “What the devil / are we without you?” he asks. “I tuck your voice, laced / tight, in these brown shoes.” In that spirit of intimate community, Young gives us a saucy ballad of Jim Crow, a poem about Lionel Hampton's last concert in Paris, an “African Elegy,” which addresses the tragic loss of a close friend in conjunction with the first anniversary of 9/11, and a series entitled “Americana,” in which we encounter a clutch of mythical southern towns, such as East Jesus (“The South knows ruin & likes it / thataway—the barns becoming / earth again, leaning in—”) and West Hell (“Sin, thy name is this / wait—this place— / a long ways from Here / to There”).
For the Confederate Dead finds Young, more than ever before, in a poetic space that is at once public and personal. In the marvelous “Guernica,” Young’s account of a journey through Spain blends with the news of an American lynching, prompting him to ask, “Precious South, / must I save you, / or myself?” In this surprising book, the poet manages to do a bit of both, embracing the contradictions of our “Confederate” legacy and the troubled nation where that legacy still lingers.
For the Confederate Dead finds Young, more than ever before, in a poetic space that is at once public and personal. In the marvelous “Guernica,” Young’s account of a journey through Spain blends with the news of an American lynching, prompting him to ask, “Precious South, / must I save you, / or myself?” In this surprising book, the poet manages to do a bit of both, embracing the contradictions of our “Confederate” legacy and the troubled nation where that legacy still lingers.
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Hardcover
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from Alfred a Knopf Inc (January 9, 2007)
9780307264350 | details & prices | 156 pages | 6.40 × 9.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.85 lbs | List price $24.95
About: Explores a variety of African-American themes in a selection that includes 'Elegy for Miss Brooks,' a tribute to the late Gwendolyn Brooks, as well as works on Lionel Hampton, Jim Crow, a lynching, and the legacy of the Confederacy.
About: Explores a variety of African-American themes in a selection that includes 'Elegy for Miss Brooks,' a tribute to the late Gwendolyn Brooks, as well as works on Lionel Hampton, Jim Crow, a lynching, and the legacy of the Confederacy.
Paperback
from Alfred a Knopf Inc (September 9, 2008)
9780375711411 | details & prices | 156 pages | 6.25 × 9.50 × 0.50 in. | 0.65 lbs | List price $18.00
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