| Mixology Contributor(s): Matejka, Adrian (Author) |
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ISBN: 0143115839 ISBN-13: 9780143115830 Publisher: Penguin Books OUR PRICE: $17.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2009 Annotation: Selected for the 2008 National Poetry Series by Kevin Young The poems in Adrian Matejkaas second collection, "Mixology," shapeshift through the myriad meanings of amixinga to explore and explode ideas of race, skin politics, appropriation, and cultural identity. Whether the focus of the individual poems is musical, digital, or historical, the otherness implicit in being of more than one racial background guides Matejkaas work to the inevitable conclusion that all thingsano matter how disparateaare parts of the whole. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - African American - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - General - Literary Collections | American - African American |
| Dewey: 811.6 |
| LCCN: 2009005805 |
| Series: National Poetry Series Books (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.2" H x 5.4" W x 8.2" (0.25 lbs) 96 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Selected for the 2008 National Poetry Series by Kevin Young The poems in Adrian Matejka's second collection, Mixology, shapeshift through the myriad meanings of mixing to explore and explode ideas of race, skin politics, appropriation, and cultural identity. Whether the focus of the individual poems is musical, digital, or historical, the otherness implicit in being of more than one racial background guides Matejka's work to the inevitable conclusion that all things-no matter how disparate-are parts of the whole. |