Macnolia: Poems
A poetry collection centered on the memory of Macnolia and the histories attached to black womanhood. It uses poetry to recover voices often left out of official records.
Work Information
A poetry collection about memory and naming.
Through poetry, the book evokes voices buried in history and the memory of being named. Its structure makes personal and collective history overlap in striking ways.
Book Information
- Publisher
- W W Norton & Co Inc
- Published
- 2005-12-01
- Pages
- 134 pages
- Language
- 英語
- Size
- 13.97 x 1.02 x 21.08 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780393327649
- ISBN-10
- 0393327647
- Price
- 3630 JPY
- Category
- 洋書/Literature & Fiction/Poetry/American
In 1936, teenager MacNolia Cox became the first African American finalist in the National Spelling Bee Competition. Supposedly prevented from winning, the precocious child who dreamed of becoming a doctor was changed irrevocably. Her story, told in a poignant nonlinear narrative, illustrates the power of a pivotal moment in a life.
A. Van Jordan is the author of five collections of poetry. He has been a finalist for the Rilke Prize and is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, a PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Award, and a Lannan Literary Award. He is the humanities and sciences chair of English literature at Stanford University and lives in Oakland, California.
Reviews
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Brilliant, lyrical, a rich new voice.
Poems that tell stories and paint pictures. Accomplished and visionary. An important addition to the African-American domestic is political genre.
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A true story beautifully written in poetry
This is a beautiful volume of poetry that will speak to non-poetry readers as well. Very different styles of poetry tell the story of a life.
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Poetry at its best
Such a special account. The poems evoke such emotion. Lost my first one, so had to order another one. Put these poems in your library!
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Deep, Rich & Bittersweet
Deep, rich and bittersweet. You learn about black history reading this poetry. It is often heartbreaking and brought tears to my eyes. Excellent literature and pure joy to read.
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Excellent book. It was a required reading for school ...
Excellent book. It was a required reading for school but I really enjoyed it and am glad that I read it!