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Availability:In StockContributor:John FarrisPublish date:02/25/25Pages:144
Language:EnglishPublisher:Archway EditionsISBN-13:9781648230509ISBN-10:1648230504UPC:9781648230509Book Category:Poetry, ArtBook Subcategory:American, Subjects & ThemesBook Topic:African American & Black, Death, Grief, LossSize:9.00 x 7.00 x 0.40 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SC5RC1400J

Last Poems

The first major and only available collection from John Farris, a seminal Black voice in downtown New York City poetry, featuring his final poems transcribed and in manuscript form, along with the self-portraits and drawings he made at the same time.

"Here! This book proves it! John Farris reigns! All hail the Poet Laureate of the Lower East Side!"
--BOB HOLMAN

"John Farris' poetry masterfully...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Archway EditionsISBN-13:9781648230509ISBN-10:1648230504UPC:9781648230509Book Category:Poetry, ArtBook Subcategory:American, Subjects & ThemesBook Topic:African American & Black, Death, Grief, LossSize:9.00 x 7.00 x 0.40 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SC5RC1400J
JOHN FARRIS was the author of the novel The Ass' Tale and poetry collection It's Not About Time. A fundamental part of the Downtown literary and jazz scenes, a poet, playwright and novelist, bodyguard to Malcolm X, an associate of so many figures and organizations, whether living under the Living Theatre or on Ornette Coleman's couch, and a genius of the writing life.
Publisher: Archway Editions

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John Farris

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