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Jess's much anticipated second book weaves sonnet, song, and narrative to examine the lives of mostly unrecorded African American performers.
This winning anthology of 175+ poems from the site is a festival of verse at its acoustic best.
Features updated organization, accessible discussions of historical and cultural contexts, and critical approaches to poetry.
The Tradition details the normalization of evil and its history at the intersection of the past and the personal.
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