The Skin of Dreams
New and Collected Poems 1995-2018
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Cultural Studies, African-American Studies, Fiction & Literature, Poetry, American, History, Military
| Author: | Quraysh Ali Lansana | ISBN: | 9781733647410 |
| Publisher: | The Calliope Group | Publication: | April 27, 2019 |
| Imprint: | The Calliope Group | Language: | English |
| Author: | Quraysh Ali Lansana |
| ISBN: | 9781733647410 |
| Publisher: | The Calliope Group |
| Publication: | April 27, 2019 |
| Imprint: | The Calliope Group |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
