Debridement

by Michael S. Harper

Michael Harper's poetry has been praised by writers such as Gwendolyn Brooks and Kay Boyle, who wrote "...he seizes me by the hand, and I respond anew to the simple validity of his experiences."

Paperback

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