Magic City (Wesleyan Poetry Series)

Author: Komunyakaa, Yusef

Brand: Wesleyan University Press

Edition: First Edition

Binding: Paperback

Number Of Pages: 68

Release Date: 15-09-1992

model number: new-Nov09usbook-2017-c110178

Part Number: new-Nov09usbook-2017-c110178

Details: An award-winning poet evokes his childhood in Louisiana.

Komunyakaa vividly evokes his childhood in Bogalusa, Louisiana, once a center of Klan activity, and later a focus of Civil Rights efforts. He portrays a child's dawning awareness of the natural and social order around him, rhythms of life in the community, the constant struggle for survival in the face of poverty and racism, the adolescent's awakening sexuality, the beginnings of the poet's awareness of his life and community as it exists in the context of history, and his emerging understanding of his own identity.

EAN: 9780819512086

Package Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.6 x 0.2 inches

Languages: English