The Words I Chose: A Memoir of Family and Poetry

by Wesley McNair

Beginning in poverty and a broken home, Wesley McNair went on, through family hardships and setbacks, to become what Philip Levine has called "one of the great storytellers of contemporary poetry." This memoir tells how he developed into a poet against the odds, incorporating his struggles into his art.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 088748557X
• ISBN13: 9780887485572
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: Carnegie-Mellon University Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"