| Most of My Heroes Don't Appear on No Stamps: Kwansabas Contributor(s): Walker, Ran (Author) |
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ISBN: 193875333X ISBN-13: 9781938753336 Publisher: University of Hell Press OUR PRICE: $13.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - African American |
| Dewey: 811.6 |
| Physical Information: 0.2" H x 4.3" W x 6.8" (0.15 lbs) 92 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The poems in Ran Walker's collection use an African-American poetic form called the Kwansaba, which was created in 1995 by Dr. Eugene Redmond. The poems follow a seven-line, seven-words per line pattern with no word more than seven letters (save proper nouns and foreign terms). All language within the form speaks to aspects of African-American history and culture. With these forty-nine poems, each chapter of forty-nine lines, Walker offers profound commentary on a wide variety of topics ranging from interrogations of celebrity culture to issues that speak directly to the Black Lives Matter movement. Most of My Heroes Don't Appear on No Stamps offers readers a chance to engage with these subjects in a fresh new way while embracing a vibrant poetic form not often explored. |
Contributor Bio(s): Walker, Ran: - Ran Walker is the author of sixteen books. His short stories and poetry have appeared in a variety of anthologies. Prior to becoming a writer and educator, he worked in magazine publishing and practiced law in Mississippi. Ran is a graduate of Morehouse College, Pace University, and George Washington University Law School, and is the recipient of both a 2005 Mississippi Arts Commission/NEA artist grant and a 2006 artist mini-grant. Ran is Assistant Professor of English and Creative Writing at Hampton University, and lives in Virginia with his wife Lauren and daughter Zoë. |