Lost In The Bonewheel Factory

by Yusef Komunyakaa

Genres: Poetry

56 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 1979

About the author

Yusef Komunyakaa (born April 29, 1947) is an American poet who teaches at New York University and is a member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers. Komunyakaa is a recipient of the 1994 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award, for Neon Vernacular and the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. He also received the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize. Komunyakaa received the 2007 Louisiana Writer Award for his enduring contribution to the poetry world.

His subject matter ranges from the black general experience through rural Southern life before the Civil Rights time period and his experience as a soldier during the Vietnam War.

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Reviews

[Donald Armfield · Rating 5 out of 5]

This whole collection rocks. Part VI - Family Skeletons a must read section. "The Dog Act" being the opening act.

[John Jeffire · Rating 5 out of 5]

I had the great honor of hearing Komunyakaa read at St. Lawrence University in New York and later hangng out with him afterwards. He was brilliant. This collection will always have a special place for me because it was my introduction to a living master--I had no idea that poets were real live eating, speaking, laughing people. These poems strike a deep chord of experience and call you back to read them again and again. And I still do.