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Hum /

"In May's debut collection, the human body is machine, manufactured in the motor city, alive with the urban sounds and beats. Poems buzz and purr like well-oiled chassis. Grit and trial and song thrum through each line. Tight syntax, finely tuned internal rhyme, and punchy consonants percu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: May, Jamaal
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Farmington, Maine : Alice James Books, [2013]
Subjects:
2000 - 2099
POETRY / American / General.
POETRY / American / African American.
American poetry.
Lyrik.
Amerikanisches Englisch.
American poetry > African American authors > 21st century.
American poetry > 21st century.
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Summary:"In May's debut collection, the human body is machine, manufactured in the motor city, alive with the urban sounds and beats. Poems buzz and purr like well-oiled chassis. Grit and trial and song thrum through each line. Tight syntax, finely tuned internal rhyme, and punchy consonants percuss each poem's beat like an unfailing 808 drum"--
Physical Description:74 pages ; 23 cm
Awards:Beatrice Hawley Award, 2012
ISBN:9781938584022 (pbk.)
1938584023 (pbk.)