By Ai,Yusef Komunyakaa

ISBN-10: 0393074900

ISBN-13: 9780393074901

“Ai is a truthteller selecting her means in the course of the burning rocks of racial and sexual lies.”—Joy Harjo

Before her premature dying in 2010, Ai, identified for her searing dramatic monologues, was once hailed as “one of the main singular voices of her iteration” (New York instances publication Review). Now for the 1st time, all 8 books through this crucial and uniquely American poet were accumulated in a single volume.

from “The Cockfighter’s Daughter”

I chanced on my father,

face down, in his do-it-yourself chili

and needed to hit the bowl

with a hammer to get it off,

then scrape the pinto beans

and chunks of flooring beef

off his face with a knife.

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