The Words I Chose: A Memoir of Family and Poetry
Publisher: Carnegie Mellon University Press
Published: Aug 15, 2012
Number of pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9780887485572
Description: "Beginning in poverty and a broken home, Wesley McNair went on, through family hardships and setbacks, to become what Philip Levine has called "one of the great storytellers of contemporary poetry." This memoir tells how he developed into a poet against the odds, incorporating his struggles into his art."--Publisher's website.