Description
A sweeping collection of poems that brings together decades of work, this volume explores memory, desire, history, and the persistent search for beauty amid violence and loss. Drawing on experiences of the American South and the Vietnam War, as well as jazz, myth, literature, and popular culture, the poems move fluidly between the intimate and the monumental. Music-driven language, vivid imagery, and compressed emotional power reveal the complexities of race, identity, love, and survival. The result is a richly layered portrait of a poet engaging both personal history and the larger cultural forces that shape it.
Available Editions
paperback
Wesleyan University Press
Published Jan 1, 2001
445 pages
ISBN: 0819564257
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Details
First Published
2001
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Pleasure Dome by Yusef Komunyakaa.