Kontemporary Amerikan Poetry

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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.
  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Murillo, John
  • ISBN: 9781945588471
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 9.00 x 0.50
  • Number Of Pages: 88
  • Publication Year: 2020
Language: English