Kontemporary Amerikan poetry : poems
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Published
Tribeca : Four Way Books, [2020].
Status
Central Library - Nonfiction - 2nd Floor
811 M945
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811 M945
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Published
Tribeca : Four Way Books, [2020].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
73 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Description
"A writer traces his history-brushes with violence, responses to threat, poetic and political solidarity-in poems of lyric and narrative urgency. John Murillo's second book is a reflective look at the legacy of institutional, accepted violence against African Americans 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 presence of these and poetic forbears-Gil Scott-Heron, Yusef Komunyakaa-provide a context for strength in the face of danger and anger. At the heart of the book is a sonnet crown triggered by the shooting deaths of three Brooklyn men that becomes an extended meditation on the history of racial injustice and the notion of payback as a form of justice. "Maybe memory is the only home / you get," Murillo writes, "and rage, where you/first learn how fragile the axis/upon which everything tilts.""--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Murillo, J. (2020). Kontemporary Amerikan poetry: poems . Four Way Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Murillo, John. 2020. Kontemporary Amerikan Poetry: Poems. Four Way Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Murillo, John. Kontemporary Amerikan Poetry: Poems Four Way Books, 2020.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Murillo, John. Kontemporary Amerikan Poetry: Poems Four Way Books, 2020.
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