Condition red : essays, interviews, and commentaries / Yusef Komunyakaa ; edited by Radiclani Clytus.

Author/creator Komunyakaa, Yusef author.
Other author Clytus, Radiclani, editor.
Format Book
PublicationAnn Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2017]
Copyright Date©2017
Descriptionxvi, 222 pages ; 22 cm.
Subjects

Uniform titleWorks. Selections
SeriesPoets on poetry
Poets on poetry. ^A235031
Abstract "Condition Red collects writing by one of America's most gifted and revered poets, Yusef Komunyakaa. While themes from his earlier prose collection, Blue Notes, run through Condition Red, this volume expresses a greater sense of urgency about the human condition and the role of the artist. Condition Red includes his powerful letter to Poetry magazine, asserting that "we writers (artists) cannot forget that we are responsible for what we conjure and embrace through language, whether in essays, novels, plays, poems, or songs." Also included are essays and interviews on: coming home to Bogalusa, Louisiana; the influence of religion on black poetry; language and eroticism; the visual artist Floyd Tunson; and the poets Robert Hayden, Walt Whitman, Clarence Major, and Etheridge Knight."-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
Genre/formInterviews.
LCCN 2016046277
ISBN9780472053445 (paperback ; acid-free paper)
ISBN0472053442 (paperback ; acid-free paper)
ISBN9780472073443 (hardcover ; acid-free paper)
ISBN0472073443 (hardcover ; acid-free paper)
ISBN(e-book)

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Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks PS3561 .O455 A6 2017 ✔ Available Place Hold