For My People:

Considered among the most important collection of poetry written by a participant in the Black Chicago Renaissance, For My People is a series of ballad poems with memorable characters, including the New Orleans sorceress Molly Means; Kissie Lee, a tough young woman who dies "with her boots on s...

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1. Verfasser: Walker, Margaret (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New Haven, CT Yale University Press [2019]
Schriftenreihe:Yale Series of Younger Poets
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Zusammenfassung:Considered among the most important collection of poetry written by a participant in the Black Chicago Renaissance, For My People is a series of ballad poems with memorable characters, including the New Orleans sorceress Molly Means; Kissie Lee, a tough young woman who dies "with her boots on switching blades"; Poppa Chicken, an urban drug dealer and pimp; John Henry, killed by a ten-pound hammer; and Stagolee, who kills a white officer but eludes a lynch mob. The memorable title poem evokes the power of resilience not only for black people, but for all people
Beschreibung:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Feb 2020)
Beschreibung:1 online resource (64 pages)
ISBN:9780300251142

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