Dark days : fugitive essays / Roger Reeves.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reeves, Roger, author.

Standardized Title:

Essays. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reeves, Roger.

African Americans--History.

African Americans.

African Americans--Social conditions.

Genre:

Essays.

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

223 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis, Minnesota : Graywolf Press, 2023.

Summary:

"The first book of nonfiction from an award-winning poet combines memoir, theory and criticism to find common purpose between Black and Indigenous peoples and reflects on the new meanings of silence, protest, fugitivity, freedom and ecstasy"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Our angel of history

Through the smoke, through the veil, through the wind

A little brown liquor

Beyond the report of beauty

On ecstasy

Letters to Michael Brown

Singing into the silence of the state

Peace be still

Reading fire, reading the stars

"Poetry isn't revolution but a way of knowing why it must come"

"Intimate freedoms, intimate futures

Notes on the underground

Something good.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-222).

American Book Awards - Winner, 2024

Contains:

Reeves, Roger. Our angel of history.

Reeves, Roger. Through the smoke, through the veil, through the wind.

Reeves, Roger. Little brown liquor.

Reeves, Roger. Beyond the report of beauty.

Reeves, Roger. On ecstasy.

Reeves, Roger. Letters to Michael Brown.

Reeves, Roger. Singing into the silence of the state.

Reeves, Roger. Peace be still.

Reeves, Roger. Reading fire, reading the stars.

Reeves, Roger. Poetry isn't revolution, but a way of knowing why it must come.

Other Format:

Online version: Reeves, Roger. Essays. Selections. Dark days.

ISBN:

9781644452417

1644452413

OCLC:

1391122071