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November 1, 2022 | |
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Buffalo Dance, expanded edition
The Journey of York
When Frank X Walker's compelling collection of personal poems was first released in 2004, it told the story of the infamous Lewis and Clark expedition from the point of view of York, who was enslaved to Clark and became the first African American man to traverse the continent. The fictionalized poems in Buffalo Dance form a narrative of York's inner journey before, during, and after the expedition—a journey from slavery to freedom, from the plantation to the great Northwest, from servant to soul yearning to be free.
In this expanded edition, Walker utilizes extensive historical research, interviews, transcribed oral histories from the Nez Perce Reservation, art, and empathy to breathe new life into an important but overlooked historical figure. Featuring a new historical essay, preface, and sixteen additional poems, this powerful work speaks to such themes as racism, the power of literacy, the inhumanity of slavery, and the crimes against Native Americans, while reawakening and reclaiming the lost "voice" of York.
In this expanded edition, Walker utilizes extensive historical research, interviews, transcribed oral histories from the Nez Perce Reservation, art, and empathy to breathe new life into an important but overlooked historical figure. Featuring a new historical essay, preface, and sixteen additional poems, this powerful work speaks to such themes as racism, the power of literacy, the inhumanity of slavery, and the crimes against Native Americans, while reawakening and reclaiming the lost "voice" of York.
About the Author
Frank X Walker, the first African American writer to be named Kentucky Poet Laureate, is an artist and educator. He has published eleven collections of poetry, including Masked Man, Black: Pandemic & Protest Poems and Turn Me Loose: The Unghosting of Medgar Evers, which received an NAACP Image Award and the Black Caucus of the American Library Association Honor Book Award. The recipient of the Thomas D. Clark Award for Literary Excellence, he is a founding member of the Affrilachian Poets.
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9780813196459 | |
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112 | |
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Electronic book text | |
November 1, 2022 | |
9780813196466 | |
9780813196442 | |
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112 | |
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$29.95 USD, £21.50 GBP | |
v2.1 Reference | |
Electronic book text | |
November 1, 2022 | |
9780813196473 | |
9780813196442 | |
English | |
112 | |
8.50 Inches (US) | |
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$19.95 USD, £14.50 GBP | |
v2.1 Reference | |
Hardback | |
November 1, 2022 | |
9780813196442 | |
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112 | |
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Other Titles by Frank X Walker
A Is for Affrilachia
Frank X Walker, illustrated by Ronald W. Davis
Feb 2023
- University Press of Kentucky
$19.95 USD
- Hardback
$19.95 USD
- Electronic book text
$19.95 USD
- Electronic book text
Black Bone
edited by Bianca Lynne Spriggs, Jeremy Paden, with contributions byFrank X Walker
Feb 2018
- University Press of Kentucky
$19.95 USD
- Paperback / softback
$19.95 USD
- Electronic book text
$19.95 USD
- Electronic book text
Buffalo Dance
Frank X Walker
Sep 2010
- University Press of Kentucky
$17.95 USD
- Electronic book text
$17.95 USD
- Electronic book text
$17.95 USD
- Paperback / softback
Other Titles from Kentucky Voices
At The Breakers
Mary Ann Taylor-Hall
Apr 2022
- University Press of Kentucky
$24.95 USD
- Hardback
$24.95 USD
- Electronic book text
$19.95 USD
- Paperback / softback
Miss America Kissed Caleb
Billy C. Clark
Dec 2021
- University Press of Kentucky
$14.95 USD
- Paperback / softback
$19.95 USD
- Electronic book text
The Total Light Process
James Baker Hall
Nov 2021
- University Press of Kentucky
$25.00 USD
- Hardback
$29.95 USD
- Electronic book text
$20.00 USD
- Paperback / softback
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suddenly we
Evie Shockley
Mar 2023
- Wesleyan University Press
$26.00 USD
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$15.95 USD
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$25.00 USD
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We Know This Place
Sunni Patterson
Apr 2022
- University of New Orleans Press
$18.95 USD
- Paperback / softback
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Icelight
Ranjit Hoskote
Mar 2023
- Wesleyan University Press
$26.00 USD
- Hardback
$15.95 USD
- Paperback / softback
suddenly we
Evie Shockley
Mar 2023
- Wesleyan University Press
$26.00 USD
- Hardback
$15.95 USD
- Paperback / softback
$25.00 USD
- Downloadable audio file