Turn Me Loose: The Unghosting of Medgar Evers - Paperback
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:University of Georgia PressISBN-13:9780820345413ISBN-10:820345415UPC:9780820345413Book Category:PoetryBook Subcategory:AmericanBook Topic:African American & BlackAward:2014 Black Caucus of the American Library Association Literary_award Honor Book - Poetry AwardSize:8.30 x 5.40 x 0.40 inchesWeight:0.3Product ID:SCJ3SXPQZ8
Around the void left by the murder of Medgar Evers in 1963, the poems in this collection speak, unleashing the strong emotions both before and after the moment of assassination. Poems take on the voices of Evers's widow, Myrlie; his brother, Charles; his assassin, Byron De La Beckwith; and each of De La Beckwith's two wives. Except for the book's title,"Turn me loose," which were his final words, Evers remains in this collection silent. Yet the poems accumulate facets of the love and hate with which others saw this man, unghosting him in a way that only imagination makes possible.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:University of Georgia PressISBN-13:9780820345413ISBN-10:820345415UPC:9780820345413Book Category:PoetryBook Subcategory:AmericanBook Topic:African American & BlackAward:2014 Black Caucus of the American Library Association Literary_award Honor Book - Poetry AwardSize:8.30 x 5.40 x 0.40 inchesWeight:0.3Product ID:SCJ3SXPQZ8
FRANK W WALKER is the 2013-2014 poet laureate of Kentucky. He is an associate professor of English at the University of Kentucky and the editor of Pluck! The Journal of Affrilachian Arts & Culture. A Lannan Literary Fellowship for Poetry recipient, he is the author of five collections of poetry, including Buffalo Dance: The Journey of York, which won the Lillian Smith Book Award, and Isaac Murphy: I Dedicate This Ride.
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
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🏆 2014 Black Caucus of the American Library Association Literary_award Honor Book - Poetry Award
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