Frank X. Walker

Load in Nine Times: Poems (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

From former poet laureate of Kentucky and founder of the Affrilachian Poets, a collection of historical poetry that gives voice to Black Civil War soldiers.

For decades, Frank X Walker has reclaimed essential American lives through his pathbreaking historical poetry: from Medgar Evers in Turn Me Loose, winner of the NAACP Award; to York, the enslaved explorer who joined the Lewis and Clark expedition, in Buffalo Dance, winner of the Lillian Smith Book Award. In this stirring new collection, he reimagines the experiences of Black Civil War soldiersincluding his own ancestorswho enlisted in the Union Army in exchange for emancipation. Moving chronologically from antebellum Kentucky through Reconstruction, Walker braids the voices of the United States Colored Troops with their family members, as well as slaveowners and prominent historical figuresincluding Frederick Douglas, Abraham Lincoln, and Margaret Garnerinto a wide-ranging series of persona poems imbued with atmospheric imagery and brimming with indomitable spirit. Evoking the pride and perseverance of formerly enslaved General Charles Young, Walker hums: I, am America's promise, my mother's song, / and the reason my father had every right to dream.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Liveright
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781324094944
• Artikelnr.: 69800858

Autorenporträt

Frank X Walker is the author of twelve poetry collections. He was named the 2013 Kentucky poet laureate and is cofounder of the Affrilachian Poets. He resides in Lexington, Kentucky.