For My People

Considered among the most important collection 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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Walker, Margaret
Published: 10/22/2019
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300246407
Pages: 64
Weight: 0.15lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.30w x 0.30d