Description
In this powerful collection of more than fifty poems, the speaker confronts the intimate costs of being black, Christian, bisexual, and a poet in Jazz Age America. Across lyrical love poems and darker meditations, desire becomes both refuge and threat—sometimes binding people together, sometimes foreshadowing loss and death. With a keen ear for rhythm and a refined, classical sensibility, the work explores how race, faith, and sexuality shape what love can mean, and what it can demand. Blending tenderness with ominous undertones, these poems illuminate the emotional consequences of longing in a world that refuses full belonging.
Available Editions
paperback
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries
Published Jan 1, 2023
ISBN: 9781609622756
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Details
First Published
1927
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Copper Sun by Countee Cullen.