For My People Paperback / softback
by Margaret Walker
Part of the Yale Series of Younger Poets series
Paperback / softback
Description
An exploration of race and heritage, For My People is the first book by poet and novelist Margaret Walker (1915–1998) and the 41st volume of the Yale Series of Younger Poets  Considered among the most important collections of poetry written by a participant in the Black Chicago Renaissance, For My People is a series of ballad poems with memorable characters, including the New Orleans sorceress Molly Means; Kissie Lee, a tough young woman who dies “with her boots on switching bladesâ€; Poppa Chicken, an urban drug dealer and pimp; John Henry, killed by a ten-pound hammer; and Stagolee, who kills a white officer but eludes a lynch mob.
The memorable title poem evokes the power of resilience not only for black people, but for all people.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:64 pages
- Publisher:Yale University Press
- Publication Date:14/01/2020
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- ISBN:9780300246407
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Item not Available
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:64 pages
- Publisher:Yale University Press
- Publication Date:14/01/2020
- Category:
- ISBN:9780300246407
