Kontemporary Amerikan Poetry - Paperback
by John Murillo
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Availability:In StockContributor:John MurilloSeries:Stahlecker SelectionsPublish date:2020-03-02Pages:88
Language:EnglishPublisher:Four Way BooksISBN-13:9781945588471ISBN-10:1945588470UPC:9781945588471Book Category:PoetryBook Subcategory:American, Subjects & ThemesBook Topic:African American & Black, Death, Grief, LossSize:9.00 x 5.70 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.3505Product ID:SCDEXX50EQ
John Murillo's second book is a reflective look at the legacy of institutional, accepted violence against Blacks and Latinos and the personal and societal wreckage wrought by long histories of subjugation. A sparrow trapped in a car window evokes a mother battered by a father's fists; a workout at an iron gym recalls a long-ago mentor who pushed the speaker "to become something unbreakable." The...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Four Way BooksISBN-13:9781945588471ISBN-10:1945588470UPC:9781945588471Book Category:PoetryBook Subcategory:American, Subjects & ThemesBook Topic:African American & Black, Death, Grief, LossSize:9.00 x 5.70 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.3505Product ID:SCDEXX50EQ
John Murillo is the author of the poetry collections, Up Jump the Boogie (Cypher 2010, Four Way Books 2020), finalist for both the Kate Tufts Discovery Award and the Pen Open Book Award, and Kontemporary Amerikan Poetry (Four Way 2020). His honors include two Larry Neal Writers Awards, a pair of Pushcart Prizes, the J Howard and Barbara MJ Wood Prize from the Poetry Foundation, and fellowships...
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