Legendary poet Elizabeth Alexander turns her finely-honed sensibilities to the subject of blackness and the interior world of the modern African-American. Intelligent, perceptive and keenly observed, this collection of essays traces a thoughtful path through music, poetry and the outstanding social issues of the last 200 years to synthesise a remarkable picture of the modern African-American psyche. From Langston Hughes to the Rodney King video, Alexander leads her reader effortlessly over the complex terrain of art and politics to a new vision of the black interior.
- ISBN10 1555973930
- ISBN13 9781555973933
- Publish Date 1 January 2001
- Publish Status Transferred
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Graywolf Press,U.S.
- Format Paperback
- Pages 221
- Language English