The Listening by Dargan, Kyle

The Listening (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780820326610)

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The Listening by Dargan, Kyle

The Listening

$20.95
The Listening by Dargan, Kyle

The Listening

$20.95
Format: Paperback
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Kyle Dargan's debut collection of poetry, The Listening, searches through the cluttered surface of contemporary life to tune into the elemental sounds within the marrow of living/life. Throughout the collection, Dargan interweaves elements of his heritage with the present day--jazz influences blend with hip-hop; neoslave narratives run parallel with the intimate tale of civil rights leaders; post-9/11 America is juxtaposed with family portraits of the sixties and seventies--to reveal the continuous, though ever changing, music of the world around us. Whether capturing the famous Ali-Frazier fight in Manila or a trip to the local barbershop, Muddy Waters or boyhood blacktop games, Dargan gives voice to the most poignant and fleeting aspects of our everyday existence. With singular incisiveness and vigor, these poems act simultaneously as psalms and elegies, praising life at the same time they lament its inevitable passing.

Author: Kyle Dargan
ISBN-10: 0820326615
ISBN-13: 9780820326610
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Language: English
Published: 09/20/2004
Pages: 104
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 8.48h x 5.44w x 2.90d

Review Citation(s):
New York Times 01/09/2005 pg. 19
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Kyle Dargan's poetry collections include Logorrhea Dementia: A Self-Diagnosis (Georgia); Bouquet of Hungers (Georgia), which received the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award; and The Listening (Georgia), which was a winner of the Cave Canem Poetry Prize. He is the former managing editor of Callaloo and the founder and current editor of POST NO ILLS magazine. He is an associate professor of literature and creative writing at American University.

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