Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Erscheinungsdatum
15.02.2026
Verlag
Northwestern University PressSeitenzahl
244
Maße (L/B/H)
25.7/18.3/3 cm
Gewicht
680 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-0-8101-4964-9
An incantation of strength and solace for persisting in twenty-first-century America
"History doesn't repeat, it rhymes." In his sweeping third collection, Charleston brings a poet's ear for echo and rhythm to bear on American history and life after 2016. For Charleston, these rhymes cut two ways: the long tradition of American racism and fascism, and the steady pulse of Black persistence. The collection's titular invocation frames each poem, at times an oratory to rally a crowd, in other moments a private prayer whispered as the speaker gathers himself to face another day. Charleston insists that should we cede memory of our national biography--whether to repression or indifference--we will witness the country's dissolution into something unrecognizable to most, yet all too familiar to its most marginalized people. But with each reiteration and riff, he also invokes a tenuous hope--that if we summon an American history of Black resistance, we might still make a more perfect union.Noch keine Bewertungen vorhanden
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