Knees of a natural man : the selected poetry of Henry Dumas / edited and with an introduction by Eugene B. Redmond.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dumas, Henry, 1934-1968, author.

Contributor:

Redmond, Eugene, editor, writer of introduction.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Poetry.

African Americans.

Genre:

Poetry.

Physical Description:

xxxv, 256 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago, Illinois : Flood Editions, [2020]

Summary:

"Edited and with an introduction by Eugene B. Redmond. 'His work remains--a testimonial to his own committed love, his own sharp perceptiveness and zeal.'--Gwendolyn Brooks. 'In 1968, a young Black man, Henry Dumas, went through a turnstile at a New York City subway station. A transit cop shot him in the chest and killed him. Circumstances surrounding his death remain unclear. Before that happened, however, he had written some of the most beautiful, moving, and profound poetry and fiction that I have ever in my life read. He was thirty-three years old when he was killed, but in those thirty-three years, he had completed work, the quality and quantity of which are almost never achieved in several lifetimes. He was brilliant. He was magnetic, and he was an incredible artist.'--Toni Morrison."--Back cover.

Contents:

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The Coming of the Eagles

Rite

Hunt

Emoyeni, Place of the Winds

Ngoma

Asali

Love Song of a Lamb

The Puppets Have a New King

Coat of Many Fibers

Sonof Msippi

Black Star Line

From Jackhammer

Root Song

Fire Bird

The Temple at Ilhadan

Somnus

Somnus (Alternate Version)

Island within Island

A Natural Man

Ikef

Knees of a Natural Man

Harlem Gulp

My Little Boy

The Playground Is My Home

Sanctuary

The Cardinal

Rose Jungle

Mexico through a Clear Window

Ghosts

A Song of Flesh

Full Moon

If I Were Earth

Love Song

Valentines

Where the Sidewalk Ends

Afro-American

If You Behave

Knock on Wood

I Laugh Talk Joke

Ascension

Black Trumpeter

The Zebra Goes Wild Where the Sidewalk Ends

Decision, Says the Source

Montage

Lash-American Yankee Song

Tis of Thee

Mosaic Harlem

Blues Songs

Low Down Dog Blues

Keep the Faith Blues

Machines Can Do It Too (IBM Blues)

Standin Tall Blues

Pills and Chills Blues

Employment Blues

Early Bird Blues

Outer Space Blues

Uncle Sam Uptight Blues

The Buster

Mailman Blues

Grandma's Got a Wig

Concentration Camp Blues

Out of Work Blues

Too Hot to Handle Blues

Listen to the Sound of My Horn!

Mississippi Song

Pane of Vision

I Saw the Sky

Green Hill Golden Mountain

Listen to the Sound of My Horn

Ode to Zambia

Sweet Wine of Rose

Take This River!

Thoughts/Images

Fir

Balance

The Respectful Thief

Funk

Peas

Yams

Fish

Fingers

America

Thought

Image

Kef (Selections)

FIRST SERIES

Kef 3

Kef 4

Kef 9

Kef 13

Kef 27

Kef 54

Kef 73

Kef 86

Kef 106

Kef 107

Kef 124

Kef 141

SECOND SERIES

Kef 2

Kef 6

Kef 12

Kef 21

Kef 22

Kef 24

Kef 25

Kef 30

Kef 31

Kef 32

Kef 33

Kef 35

Kef 39

Kef 40

Kef 43

Kef 44

Kef 45

Kef 57

Ikefs (Ikons of Kef)

Ikef 4

Ikef 5: Children Playing

Ikef 9: Black Widow

Ikef 10

Ikef 11

Ikef 13

Ikef 16: Guts

Ikef 18: Breathe with Me

Ikef 20: Soil

Ikef 21: A Long Time Coming

Saba (Selections)

Saba

Saba: The Lost Diadem

Saba: Shadow and Act

Saba: Black Paladins

Saba Tarn Fiofori

Saba of the Snow and the Sun

Shaba

Saba Out

Saba In

Saba Saba

Saba: Joy

Songthesis: East St. Louis Epiphanies

Epiphany

East Saint Hell

A Rainbow around the Neck of Night

Owed to Otis

Brown Sound

Greatness

Beyond Selves

Don't Be Too Sure

"To Meet the Lord"

Songthesis

A New Proposal.

ISBN:

9781733273435

1733273433

OCLC:

1182838169

Publisher Number:

99987266281