Title: Transfigurations : collected poems /
Authors: Wright, Jay, 1934-; Woodberry Poetry Room (Harvard College Library).
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press,
Year: 2000
Subjects: American poetry
Abstract: Few poets have as much to tell us about the intricate relationship between the African American past and present as Jay Wright, whose poems weave a rich fabric of personal history using diverse materials drawn from African, Native American, and European sources.
Contents: Poems from: The Homecoming singer -- Southsayers and omens -- Explications/Interpretations -- dimensions of History -- Double invention of Komo -- Elaine's book -- Boleros -- Transformations.