Anagnorisis : poems
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Evanston, Illinois : TriQuarterly Books/Northwestern University Press, 2018.
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Central - Adult Nonfiction
811 DARGA
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811 DARGA
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Published
Evanston, Illinois : TriQuarterly Books/Northwestern University Press, 2018.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xii, 92 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 91-92).
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In Anagnorisis: Poems, the award-winning poet Kyle Dargan ignites a reckoning. From the depths of his rapidly changing home of Washington, D.C., the poet is both enthralled and provoked, having witnessed-on a digital loop running in the background of Barack Obama's unlikely presidency-the rampant state-sanctioned murder of fellow African Americans. He is pushed toward the same recognition articulated by James Baldwin decades earlier: that an African American may never be considered an equal in citizenship or humanity. This recognition-the moment at which a tragic hero realizes the true nature of his own character, condition, or relationship with an antagonistic entity-is what Aristotle called anagnorisis. Not concerned with placatory gratitude nor with coddling the sensibilities of the country's racial majority, Dargan challenges America: "You, friends- / you peckish for a peek / at my cloistered, incandescent / revelry-were you as earnest / about my frostbite, my burns, / I would have opened / these hands, sated you all." At a time when U.S. politics are heavily invested in the purported vulnerability of working-class and rural white Americans, these poems allow readers to examine themselves and the nation through the eyes of those who have been burned for centuries. --from Amazon.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Dargan, K. (2018). Anagnorisis: poems . TriQuarterly Books/Northwestern University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Dargan, Kyle. 2018. Anagnorisis: Poems. TriQuarterly Books/Northwestern University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Dargan, Kyle. Anagnorisis: Poems TriQuarterly Books/Northwestern University Press, 2018.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Dargan, Kyle. Anagnorisis: Poems TriQuarterly Books/Northwestern University Press, 2018.
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