Description
This adventurous collection explores contemporary African American identity through poems that move fluidly among personal memory, cultural history, politics, humor, and popular culture. Terrance Hayes pays tribute to figures as varied as Paul Robeson, Big Bird, Balthus, and Mr. T, while using anagrams, strict rhyme, lists, instructional forms, and other inventive structures to keep language in constant motion. Drawing on influences from hip-hop and Black literary traditions to European art and avant-garde poetry, the work balances tenderness and wit with an unflinching engagement with racism, violence, masculinity, and belonging. Musical, erudite, and formally daring, this award-winning collection establishes Hayes as a distinctive and compelling voice in contemporary American poetry.
Available Editions
ebook
Penguin USA, Inc.
Published Jan 1, 2009
ISBN: 9781101176214
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Details
First Published
2002
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Hip Logic by Terrance Hayes.