Freedom and Confinement: An Interview with Etheridge Knight - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Elizabeth Gordon McKim, Reginald Dwayne BettsPublish date:6/30/2026Pages:124
Languages:EnglishPublisher:University of Pittsburgh PressISBN-13:9780822967927ISBN-10:0822967928UPC:9780822967927Book Category:Poetry, Literary Collections, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Interviews, Literary FiguresSize:8.49 x 5.56 x 0.34 inchesWeight:0.163Product ID:SCXZ7ZPHNB
Freedom and Confinement is a powerful, book-length conversation between poets Elizabeth Gordon McKim and Etheridge Knight, recorded in 1990 as Knight was dying of cancer. The interview traces Knight's life from his childhood in Paducah, Kentucky, to his time in the Army and his injury in Korea, to his drug addiction and incarceration, and finally, to his poetic rebirth. The dialogue includes a 1984 exchange with McKim's daughter, Jenifer McKim, offering a rare intergenerational glimpse into Knight's world. McKim captures the man behind the legend--complex, contradictory, soulful. From prison yards to the Library of Congress, Knight lived and performed poetry across the country. This conversation revives his stories and energies, blending trickster wit with hard-won wisdom, making the mythic poet vividly human once more.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:University of Pittsburgh PressISBN-13:9780822967927ISBN-10:0822967928UPC:9780822967927Book Category:Poetry, Literary Collections, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Interviews, Literary FiguresSize:8.49 x 5.56 x 0.34 inchesWeight:0.163Product ID:SCXZ7ZPHNB
Elizabeth Gordon McKim is the author of several collections of poetry, including The Red Thread and Lovers in the Freefall.
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