Etheridge Knight (1931–1991)
Autor von The Essential Etheridge Knight
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Werke von Etheridge Knight
The Idea of Ancestry {poem} 1 Exemplar
Poems From Prison 1 Exemplar
Voci negre dal carcere 1 Exemplar
Born of a Woman New and Selected Poems 1 Exemplar
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In Search of Color Everywhere: A Collection of African-American Poetry (1656) — Mitwirkender — 100 Exemplare
Every Shut Eye Ain't Asleep: An Anthology of Poetry by African Americans Since 1945 (1994) — Mitwirkender — 91 Exemplare
Angles of Ascent: A Norton Anthology of Contemporary African American Poetry (2013) — Mitwirkender — 42 Exemplare
Poemhood: Our Black Revival: History, Folklore & the Black Experience: A Young Adult Poetry Anthology (2024) — Mitwirkender — 18 Exemplare
Words Among America: Sixty Poems of Challenge and Hope — Mitwirkender — 1 Exemplar
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Wissenswertes
- Geburtstag
- 1931-04-19
- Todestag
- 1991-03-10
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- USA
- Land (für Karte)
- USA
- Geburtsort
- Corinth, Mississippi, USA
- Sterbeort
- Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
- Wohnorte
- Paducah, Kentucky, USA
Indiana State Prison
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA - Ausbildung
- Martin Center University
- Berufe
- poet
teacher - Beziehungen
- Sanchez, Sonia (wife)
- Preise und Auszeichnungen
- Shelley Memorial Award (1984/1985)
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This book is out of print and hard to find. Most of these poems were reprinted in "The Essential Etheridge Knight," which came out 6 years later. It's interesting what he (or his editor) chose not to include in the later book. If you want to read Etheridge Knight's more political (and politically "incorrect") poems, you'll find them here as well as a few that he may have simply changed his mind about. Some of the cut poems deserve to remain in print, such as:
After Watching B.B. King on T.V. While Locked in No. 8 Cell, No. 5 Cage of the Bridgeport, Connecticut State Jail
And now man
as you stand there
in the white glare
the sound I hear
from your tuxedoed frame
somehow ain't the same
that's filled my belly and ears
for so many many years
yet the pain on your face is the same
despite the gloss and the glitter and the fame
and the new name:
CULTURE...
… (mehr)
After Watching B.B. King on T.V. While Locked in No. 8 Cell, No. 5 Cage of the Bridgeport, Connecticut State Jail
And now man
as you stand there
in the white glare
the sound I hear
from your tuxedoed frame
somehow ain't the same
that's filled my belly and ears
for so many many years
yet the pain on your face is the same
despite the gloss and the glitter and the fame
and the new name:
CULTURE...
… (mehr)
a cool collection of poems from a real bluesman of words.
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The Penal Farm
The wire fence is tall.
The lights in the prison barracks
Flick off, one by one.