For My People

Author : Margaret Walker

Paperback

Published : Friday 3 January 2020

ISBN : 9780300246407

Price : €18.06

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For My People

by Margaret Walker

Paperback

03 Jan 2020

POETRY
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€18.06

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An exploration of race and heritage, For My People is the first book by poet and novelist Margaret Walker (1915-1998) and the 41st volume of the Yale Series of Younger Poets Considered among the most important collections 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.

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