| Missing You, Metropolis: Poems Contributor(s): Jackson, Gary (Author), Komunyakaa, Yusef (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 1555975720 ISBN-13: 9781555975722 Publisher: Graywolf Press OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General |
| Dewey: 811.6 |
| LCCN: 2010922929 |
| Physical Information: 0.32" H x 6.15" W x 8.95" (0.37 lbs) 85 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Winner of the 2009 Cave Canem Poetry Prize The exploits you find in my comicsare no more probable than snow in Sunnyvale. I'm not as black as you dream. --from Luke Cage Tells It Like It Is Missing You, Metropolis With humor and the serious collector's delight, Gary Jackson imagines the comic-book worlds of Superman, Batman, and the X-Men alongside the veritable worlds of Kansas, racial isolation, and the gravesides of a sister and a friend. |
Contributor Bio(s): Komunyakaa, Yusef: - Yusef Komunyakaa's books of poems include Warhorses (FSG, 2008), Taboo (FSG, 2004), and Neon Vernacular: New and Selected Poems, for which he received the Pulitzer Prize. He teaches at New York University.
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