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Neon Vernacular: New and Selected Poems (Record no. 10083)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780819512116
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 811.54
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Komunyaka, Yusef
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245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Neon Vernacular: New and Selected Poems
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. UK;
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Wesleyan University Press;
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 1993
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 178 Pages;
Other physical details Paperback
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry 1994
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. "Quite simply, Komunyakaa is one of the most extraordinary poets writing today...He takes on the most complex moral issues, the most harrowing ugly subjects of our American life. His voice, whether it embodies the specific experiences of a black man, a soldier in Vietnam, or a child in Bogalusa, Louisiana, is universal. It shows us in ever deeper ways what it is to be human."--Toi Derricotte, Kenyon Review "Yusef Komunyakaa is a poet whose work, over ten years and many books, continues to grow in complexity and beauty, Neon Vernacular includes some of the best Vietnam testimony, in verse or prose, that I've ever read. Komunyakaa's whole oeuvre explores and re/members the double consciousness at work in the construction of African-American male identity."--Marilyn Hacker, The Nation "This collection is comprised of poems from seven of Komunyakaa's previous collections. A master at interweaving memory and history to shape his experiences into narratives, he enriches his poems with details . . . As an African American, he defines a culture with striking imagery that is often misunderstood by mainstream readers. Highly recommended"--Library Journal "Komunyakaa's best poems are jazzy and improvisational, razor-sharp pieces that tell us more about our culture than any news broadcast"--Bloomsbury Review Kenyon Review" The Nation" Library Journal" Bloomsbury Review"
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