The Skin of Dreams: New and Collected Poems 1995-2018

by Quraysh Ali Lansana

Book Overview

A 2020 Benjamin Franklin Award Finalist.

Traversing twenty-three years of earth and breath, Quraysh Ali Lansana's first new and collected poems roadmaps small town Oklahoma to southside Chicago in compelling poems that question, surprise and dare. As a direct descendent of the Black Arts Movement and last student of Miss Gwendolyn Brooks, Lansana explores the complicated internal and external terrain of Blackness and history...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1733647406
• ISBN13: 9781733647403
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Calliope Group
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"