Debridement

by Michael S. Harper

Very good+ in very good- dust jacket (a Library of Congress copy, with a stamp of "surplus duplicate" on front endpape Hardcover first edition - New Doubleday,, 1973.. Hardcover first edition -. Very good+ in very good- dust jacket (a Library of Congress copy, with a stamp of "surplus duplicate" on front endpaper, some edgewear and rubbing to the dj., tearing at top of dj spine). First printing. Fourth collection of poetry by this African American writer. contains 46 poems plus brief introductory prose comments. Praise from Kay Boyle, Gwendolyn Brooks and others. 110 pp.

110 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2001

Reviews

[Michael · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent early poetry collection by Michael S. Harper reflects on race and violence in American history through two long sequences: one on John Brown and his raid on Harper's Ferry in the service of abolitionism, and the second on Dwight Johnson, a decorated black Vietnam veteran from Detroit whose life ended tragically after a tumultuous struggle with PTSD. Harper, as always, is demanding and densely allusive, but his critical narration of the national past is always insightful.

[Mills College Library]

811.54 H295d 1973