Bibliograph

It seems like a mighty long time, poems, Angela Jackson

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It seems like a mighty long time, poems, Angela Jackson

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

poetry

Main title

It seems like a mighty long time

Oclc number

879583919

Responsibility statement

Angela Jackson

Sub title

poems

Summary

"Angela Jackson's latest collection of poetry borrows its title from a lyric in Barbara Lewis's 1963 hit single "Hello Stranger", recorded at Chess Records in Chicago. Like the song, Jackson's poems are a melodic ode to the African American experience, informed by both individual lives and community history, from the arrival of the first African slave in Virginia in 1619 to post-Obama America. It Seems Like a Mighty Long Time reflects the maturity of Jackson's poetic vision. The Great Migration, the American South, and Chicago all serve as signposts, but it is the complexity of individual lives - both her own and those who have gone before, walk beside, and come after - that invigorate this collection. Upon surveying so vast a landscape, Jackson finds that sorrow meets delight, and joy lifts up anger and despair. And for all this time, love is the agent, the wise and just rule and guide"--Page 4 of cover

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