Living in Babylon: Poems and Performances

Esther Iverem’s new collection of poems is a wide-ranging meditation that proves the adage that the personal is political, and the political is profoundly personal. As an active member of DC Poets Against the War, she is a member of a new generation of poets actively engaged in speaking truth to power in a new era of global empire. Praise for Iverem’s The Time: Portrait of a Journey Home: "Iverem is one of a growing cohort of young poets whose inaugural volumes promise that 21st century African American literature will be both brilliant and incendiary—in the tradition. …There is a fresh and refreshing sensibility at work in her poetry. …With such a heart, with such a voice as Esther Iverem’s, we’re bound to win.” —Lorenzo Thomas, African American Review “Exuberant…Iverem’s poems do more than just embrace the political. Her book is a document which describes just how entwined the personal and political are for African Americans in this country.” –-Robyn Selman, New York Newsday "Esther Iverem … is one of the light-bearers, committed to an aesthetic of innovation, justice, and struggle. Her words bite, purr, snarl, scream, shout, spit, soar, sing and hit with the skilled ferocity of a master martial artist. You don’t quite know what hit you." —Fred Ho, Composer and Bandleader Blurbs on recent work: ”Most moving”—DC Indy Media “Remarkable”—Sarah Browning, DC Poets Against the War