About the book
Now in paperback, from the award-winning author of Jelly Roll and Book of Hours, a rich and lively gathering of highlights from the first twenty years of an extraordinary career, interspersed with \"B sides\" and \"bonus tracks\" from this prolific and widely acclaimed poet.
Blue Laws gathers poems written over the past two decades, drawing from all nine of Kevin Young's previously published books of poetry and including a number of uncollected, often unpublished, poems. From his stunning lyric debut (Most Way Home, 1995) and the amazing \"double album\" life of Jean-Michel Basquiat (2001;\"remixed\" for Knopf in 2005), through his brokenhearted Jelly Roll: A Blues (2003) and his recent forays into adult grief and the joys of birth in Dear Darkness (2008) and Book of Hours (2014), this collection provides a grand tour of a poet whose personal poems and political poems are equally riveting. Together with wonderful outtakes and previously unseen blues, the profoundly felt poems here of family, Southern food, and loss are of a piece with the depth of personal sensibility and humanity found in his Ardency: A Chronicle of the Amistad Rebels or bold sequences such as \"The Ballad of Jim Crow\" and a new \"Homage to Phillis Wheatley.\"
Editions of Blue Laws
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9780385351508
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780345807410
- EBook
- ISBN 9781101946947
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Now in paperback, from the award-winning author of Jelly Roll and Book of Hours, a rich and lively gathering of highlights from the first twenty years of an extraordinary career, interspersed with \"B sides\" and \"bonus tracks\" from this prolific and widely acclaimed poet.
Blue Laws gathers poems written over the past two decades, drawing from all nine of Kevin Young's previously published books of poetry and including a number of uncollected, often unpublished, poems. From his stunning lyric debut (Most Way Home, 1995) and the amazing \"double album\" life of Jean-Michel Basquiat (2001;\"remixed\" for Knopf in 2005), through his brokenhearted Jelly Roll: A Blues (2003) and his recent forays into adult grief and the joys of birth in Dear Darkness (2008) and Book of Hours (2014), this collection provides a grand tour of a poet whose personal poems and political poems are equally riveting. Together with wonderful outtakes and previously unseen blues, the profoundly felt poems here of family, Southern food, and loss are of a piece with the depth of personal sensibility and humanity found in his Ardency: A Chronicle of the Amistad Rebels or bold sequences such as \"The Ballad of Jim Crow\" and a new \"Homage to Phillis Wheatley.\"
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Blue Laws about?
Now in paperback, from the award-winning author of Jelly Roll and Book of Hours, a rich and lively gathering of highlights from the first twenty years of an extraordinary career, interspersed with \"B sides\" and \"bonus tracks\" from this prolific and widely acclaimed poet.
Blue Laws gathers poems written over the past two decades, drawing from all nine of Kevin Young's previously published books of poetry and including a number of uncollected, often unpublished, poems. From his stunning lyric debut (Most Way Home, 1995) and the amazing \"double album\" life of Jean-Michel Basquiat (2001;\"remixed\" for Knopf in 2005), through his brokenhearted Jelly Roll: A Blues (2003) and his recent forays into adult grief and the joys of birth in Dear Darkness (2008) and Book of Hours (2014), this collection provides a grand tour of a poet whose personal poems and political poems are equally riveting. Together with wonderful outtakes and previously unseen blues, the profoundly felt poems here of family, Southern food, and loss are of a piece with the depth of personal sensibility and humanity found in his Ardency: A Chronicle of the Amistad Rebels or bold sequences such as \"The Ballad of Jim Crow\" and a new \"Homage to Phillis Wheatley.\"
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Blue Laws?
Biography, Literature and Literary studies > Poetry / Poems
Where can I read a sample of Blue Laws?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9780385351508
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Blue Laws?
Kevin Young
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Blue Laws is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780385351508) and paperback(ISBN 9780345807410) and ebook(ISBN 9781101946947)
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