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9780300246407
Overview
Overview
Considered among the most important collection 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 blades"; 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.
- Format: TradePaperback
- Author: Walker, Margaret
- ISBN: 9780300246407
- Condition: Used
- Dimensions: 8.10 x 0.30
- Number Of Pages: 64
- Publication Year: 2019
Language:
English