Emmett Till in different states : poems / Philip C. Kolin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kolin, Philip C., author.

Standardized Title:

Poems. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Till, Emmett, 1941-1955--Poetry.

Till, Emmett.

Till, Emmett, 1941-1955.

Genre:

Poetry.

Physical Description:

xii, 87 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : Third World Press, [2015]

Contents:

Poems

Facts about Me 7

Emmett's Wallet 9

Pitching Pennies with Emmett 10

The Fedora 12

Grandma Alma 14

Aunt Aretha Remembers 15

Emmett and Mamie 17

R.I.P. Louis Till 19

My Father's Ring 20

Mamie Tills Warning 21

Emmett Till on Whistling 23

Mamie's Veil on Attending Her Son's Funeral 24

Mamie Tills Triolet 25

The Chicago River Leads a Jazz Funeral for Emmett 26

A Eulogy for Emmett to the Tune of The Old Ship of Zion 28

The Jet Photo 29

White Lies about Emmett Till 30

Uncle Moses's Dream 31

Come Visit Mississippi, 1955-1964 33

Emmett Tills Brothers Speak 34

Mahalia Sings the Blues 35

What Emmett Would Have Sung 36

Tiresias of Tallahatchie County 37

Slop Jars 38

The Jury 40

1955 41

Eisenhower and Me 43

The Judgment of Carolyn Bryant 45

Emmett Till's Sister 47

Death on a Bicycle 49

Medgar's Planting 50

The Freedom Riders 52

My Viet Nam 54

Had I Lived 56

Emmett Till on Dr. Martin Luther King 57

Mamie's Heirlooms 58

Emmett Till Road 59

Emmett Weeps over Chicago 60

The South Side of Chicago Is 62

The Train to Nain 63

Emmett's Second Resurrection 64

Emmett Till to Trayvon Martin 65

Antiphons for Emmett and Trayvon 66

Emmett Talks to Raynard 67

Searching for Emmett Till in the Loop 68

A Black Man in Chicago Celebrates Emmett Till's Birthday 69

Orpheus of Burr Oak 70

The Legacy 71

The Canonization of Emmett Till (August 28) 72.

ISBN:

9780883783603

0883783606

OCLC:

919068330

Publisher Number:

40025781609