Load in Nine Times: Poems by Walker, Frank X.

Load in Nine Times: Poems

For decades Frank X Walker has reclaimed essential American lives through his pathbreaking historical poetry. In this...
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Author: Frank X. Walker
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Load in Nine Times: Poems by Walker, Frank X.

Load in Nine Times: Poems

$40.91

Load in Nine Times: Poems

$40.91
Author: Frank X. Walker
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

For decades Frank X Walker has reclaimed essential American lives through his pathbreaking historical poetry. In this stirring new collection, he reimagines the experiences of Black Civil War soldiers--including his own ancestors--who enlisted in the Union army in exchange for emancipation.

Moving chronologically from antebellum Kentucky through Reconstruction, Walker braids the voices of the United States Colored Troops with their family members, as well as slave owners and prominent historical figures from Abraham Lincoln to Frederick Douglas and Margaret Garner. Imbued with atmospheric imagery, these persona poems and more "[clarify] not only the inextricable value of Black life and labor to the building of America, but the terrible price they were forced to pay in producing that labor" (Khadijah Queen). "How do you un-orphan a people?" Walker asks. "How do you pick up / shattered black porcelain and make / a new set of dishes fit to eat off?"

While carefully attuned to the heartbreak and horrors of war, Walker's poems pay equal care to the pride, perseverance, and triumphs of their speakers. Evoking the formerly enslaved General Charles Young, Walker hums: "I am America's promise, my mother's song, / and the reason my father had every right to dream." Expansive and intimate, Load in Nine Times is a resounding ode to the powerful ties of individual and cultural ancestry by an indelible voice in American poetry.



Author: Frank X. Walker
Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation
Published: 10/01/2024
Pages: 144
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.70w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9781324094937


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 07/15/2024

About the Author
Walker, Frank X.: - Frank X Walker is the author of twelve poetry collections. He was named the 2013 Kentucky poet laureate and is cofounder of the Affrilachian Poets. He resides in Lexington, Kentucky.

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