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Barcode30293102192353
LocationClark County
Call No811.6 Walk
TitleLoad in nine times : poems / Frank X Walker.
AuthorWalker, Frank X., 1961- author.
CollectionNF
Total Circ0
NumReserves0
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LocationBarcodeCall NoCreated OnIssue NameCirc StatusTemp Loc
Clark County30293102192353811.6 Walk10/10/2024 AvailableClark County

Catalog Details

International Standard Book Number 9781324094937 hardcover
International Standard Book Number 1324094931 hardcover
Personal Name Walker, Frank X., 1961- author.
Title Statement Load in nine times : poems / Frank X Walker.
Edition Statement First edition.
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice New York, N.Y. : Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2024.
Physical Description xi, 123 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
General Note Kentucky authors.
Bibliography, Etc. Note Includes bibliographical references.
Summary, Etc. "For decades Frank X Walker has reclaimed essential American lives through his path-breaking historical poetry. In this stirring new collection, he re-imagines the experiences of Black Civil War soldiers--including his own ancestors--who enlisted in the Union army in exchange for emancipation. Moving chronologically from antebellum Kentucky through Reconstruction, Walker braids the voices of the United States Colored Troops with their family members, as well as slave owners and prominent historical figures from Abraham Lincoln to Frederick Douglas and Margaret Garner. Imbued with atmospheric imagery, these persona poems and more "[clarify] not only the inextricable value of Black life and labor to the building of America, but the terrible price they were forced to pay in producing that labor" (Khadijah Queen). "How do you un-orphan a people?" Walker asks. "How do you pick up / shattered black porcelain and make / a new set of dishes fit to eat off?" While carefully attuned to the heartbreak and horrors of war, Walker's poems pay equal care to the pride, perseverance, and triumphs of their speakers. Evoking the formerly enslaved General Charles Young, Walker hums: "I am America's promise, my mother's song, / and the reason my father had every right to dream." Expansive and intimate, Load in Nine Times is a resounding ode to the powerful ties of individual and cultural ancestry by an indelible voice in American poetry"-- Amazon.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term African American soldiers Poetry.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Soldiers, Black Poetry.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Kentucky authors.
Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term United States History Participation, African American Civil War, 1861-1865 Poetry.
Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term Kentucky Authors.
Index Term-Genre/Form Poetry.
Index Term-Genre/Form Historical poetry.

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