Multitudes: Poems Selected & New

by Afaa Michael Weaver

Book Overview

The poems of Multitudes comprise an African-American opera of towering ambition and scope: there are arias and recitatives, whispers and shouts, growls and coos, formal interludes and symphonic improvisation, all set within a revelatory social and cultural context.

It is difficult to speak of a poet like Weaver, whose gift is large, lush, and expansive. The difficulty is multiplied when considering a Selected Poems, where the magnitude and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1889330418
• ISBN13: 9781889330419
• Release Date: July 2000
• Publisher: Sarabande Books
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"