In this stirring new collection of historical poetry, Load In Nine Times, he braids the voices of the United States Colored Troops--including his own ancestors--with family members, as well as slaveowners and prominent historical figures--including Frederick Douglas, Abraham Lincoln, and Margaret Garner--into a wide-ranging series of persona poems imbued with atmospheric imagery and brimming with […]
Frank X Walker
When Frank X Walker's compelling collection of personal poems was first released in 2004, it told the story of the infamous Lewis and Clark expedition from the point of view of York, who was enslaved to Clark and became the first African American man to traverse the continent. The fictionalized poems in Buffalo Dance form […]