Isaac Murphy: I Dedicate This Ride
"Frank X Walker has turned in another brilliant performance, mounting history upon poetry for a thrilling ride." --Frederick Smock,The Louisville Courier-Journal, Oct. 9, 2010"InIsaac Murphy: I Dedicate This RideFrank X Walker helps restore to public memory one of history's greatest jockeys. Isaac Murphy's story has universal significance but it is very much a Kentucky story, of which all Kentuckians should be proud." --Gurney Norman,Kentucky Poet Laureate"The work of Frank X Walker is an eclectic, powerful mixture of liberating style, profound insight, and unwavering organic connection to the intellectual, political, and cultural struggles of a people. He stands in the tradition of DuBois, McKay, Robeson, Hughes, and other great writers, poets and performers whose contributions have transcended time and space to give generation after generation pause and hope." --Ricky L. Jones, author ofBlack Haze