Turn Me Loose by Frank X Walker
Around the void left by the murder of Medgar Evers in 1963, the poems in this collection speak, unleashing the strong emotions both before and after the moment of assassination. Poems take on the voices of Evers's widow, Myrlie; his brother, Charles; his assassin, Byron De La Beckwith; and each of De La Beckwith's two wives. Except for the book's title,Turn me loose, which were his final words, Evers remains in this collection silent. Yet the poems accumulate facets of the love and hate with which others saw this man, unghosting him in a way that only imagination makes possible.
Frank X Walker is the 2013-2014 poet laureate of Kentucky, USA. He is an associate professor of English at the University of Kentucky and the editor of Pluck! The Journal of Affrilachian Arts & Culture. A Lannan Literary Fellowship for Poetry recipient, he is the author of five collections of poetry, including Buffalo Dance: The Journey of York, which won the Lillian Smith Book Award, and Isaac Murphy: I Dedicate This Ride.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780820345413 |
| ISBN 10 | 0820345415 |
| Title | Turn Me Loose |
| Author | Frank X Walker |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | University of Georgia Press |
| Year published | 2013-05-30 |
| Number of pages | 96 |
| Prizes | Commended for Black Caucus of the American Library Association Literary_award (Poetry) 2014 |
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