Black Moods: Collected Poems
by Frank Marshall Davis
Publication Date: Jun 01, 2007
List Price: $28.00
Format: Paperback, 352 pages
Classification: Poetry
ISBN13: 9780252074684
Imprint: University of Illinois Press
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Parent Company: University of Illinois
Black Moods collects for the first time all of Frank Marshall Davis’s extant published poems as well as his previously unpublished work. From sharp-edged sketches of Southside Chicago’s urban landscape to the prismatic world that lay beneath Hawaii’s placid surface, Davis’s muscular poems blend social, cultural, and political concerns—always shaped by his promise to “try to be as direct as good blues.”
John Edgar Tidwell’s introduction examines both Davis’s poetry and his politics, presenting a subtle portrait of a complex writer devoted to exposing discriminatory practices and reaffirming the humanity of the common people.
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