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Availability:In StockContributor:Adrian MatejkaSeries:Penguin PoetsAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2013-05-28Pages:128
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin BooksISBN-13:9780143123729ISBN-10:143123726UPC:9780143123729Book Category:Poetry, Biography & Autobiography, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:American, Sports, DiscriminationBook Topic:African American & BlackAward:2013 National Book Awards Finalist - Poetry Award|2014 Hurston/Wright LEGACY Award Nominee - Poetry Award|2014 Pulitzer Prize Finalist - Poetry AwardSize:8.20 x 5.40 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.2998Product ID:SCKNT8T4D7
A suite of poems examining the myth and history of the legendary prizefighter Jack Johnson--a finalist for both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award--from the author, with Youssef Daoudi, of the graphic novel Last on His Feet: Jack Johnson and the Battle of the Century

The legendary Jack Johnson (1878-1946) was a true American creation. The child of emancipated slaves, he overcame the violent segregationism of Jim Crow, challenging white boxers--and white America--to become the first African-American heavyweight world champion. The Big Smoke, Adrian Matejka's third work of poetry, follows the fighter's journey from poverty to the most coveted title in sports through the multi-layered voices of Johnson and the white women he brazenly loved. Matejka's book is part historic reclamation and part interrogation of Johnson's complicated legacy, one that often misremembers the magnetic man behind the myth.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin BooksISBN-13:9780143123729ISBN-10:143123726UPC:9780143123729Book Category:Poetry, Biography & Autobiography, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:American, Sports, DiscriminationBook Topic:African American & BlackAward:2013 National Book Awards Finalist - Poetry Award|2014 Hurston/Wright LEGACY Award Nominee - Poetry Award|2014 Pulitzer Prize Finalist - Poetry AwardSize:8.20 x 5.40 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.2998Product ID:SCKNT8T4D7
Adrian Matejka's most recent collection of poetry is Somebody Else Sold the World. His other books are Map to the Stars; The Big Smoke, which was the winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award and a finalist for both the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize; Mixology, which was selected for the National Poetry Series; and The Devil's Garden (Alice James Books, 2003), winner of the New York / New England Award. Among Matejka's other honors are fellowships from the Academy of American Poets, the Guggenheim Foundation, the Lannan Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and United States Artists. He served as Poet Laureate of the state of Indiana in 2018-19 and lives in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Publisher: Penguin Books

Awards

🏆 2013 National Book Awards Finalist - Poetry Award|2014 Hurston/Wright LEGACY Award Nominee - Poetry Award|2014 Pulitzer Prize Finalist - Poetry Award

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Adrian Matejka

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