Description
Drawing on his experiences as an army correspondent during the Vietnam War, this powerful collection confronts the realities of combat, memory, and survival. Komunyakaa’s poems examine the fraught relationships among Black and white American soldiers, Vietnamese civilians, and the women caught in the war’s upheaval, while revealing the conflict’s enduring psychological impact. With lucid, image-rich language and the musical sensibility of jazz and blues, the collection bears witness without reducing war to simple judgments, illuminating the tangled intersections of race, identity, violence, and history.
Available Editions
paperback
Wesleyan University Press
Published Jan 1, 1988
63 pages
ISBN: 0819521639
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Details
First Published
1988
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Dien Cai Dau by Yusef Komunyakaa.