| The Skin of Dreams: New and Collected Poems 1995-2018 Contributor(s): Lansana, Quraysh Ali (Author) |
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ISBN: 1733647406 ISBN-13: 9781733647403 Publisher: Calliope Group OUR PRICE: $15.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - History | African American |
| Dewey: 811.54 |
| LCCN: 2019933277 |
| Physical Information: 0.35" H x 6" W x 9" (0.51 lbs) 152 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Topical - Black History |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A 2020 Benjamin Franklin Award Silver Winner. Traversing twenty-three years of earth and breath, Quraysh Ali Lansana's first new and collected poems roadmaps small town Oklahoma to southside Chicago in compelling poems that question, surprise and dare. As a direct descendent of the Black Arts Movement and last student of Miss Gwendolyn Brooks, Lansana explores the complicated internal and external terrain of Blackness and history from a post-King, post-Kennedy childhood through the election of the first non-White president, while grappling with the definition of home. These are poems that cry, sing, scream and see. |