Heaven is all goodbyes
By: Tongo Eisen-Martin
Series: Pocket poets series -- no. 61; Pocket poets series -- no. 61.
Publisher: City Lights Books
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 134
ISBN-13: 9780872867451
Subjects: African Americans; Poetry
Work titles: Poems
Description: "The much-awaited second book by a truly revolutionary poet, in the lineage of Gil Scott Heron, Allen Ginsberg, Audre Lorde"--

"This is truly revolutionary poetry. From the corner store to the dilapidated school, from the alleys between downtown office buildings to the prison, voices that have been through too much to care and yet still struggle on, relate the post-industrial U.S. Black experience. A vortex of images, observations, inspired leaps and free associations spill forth from a choir living in oppression and transience, invisible to and dismissive of the mainstream bourgeoisie. Moments of political and spiritual convergence, gangsterism and revolution, surrealism and blunt materiality are captured in the music of metaphor and pure intention. A modern-day Mystic, a true Seer, the depth of the poet's own humanity is rooted in every line, creating a liberated space for pain and beauty through a healing love for his people"--