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Hoops

Poems

Major Jackson author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:WW Norton & Co

Published:11th Sep '07

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In Hoops, Major Jackson continues to mine the solemn marvels of ordinary lives: a grandfather gardens in a tenement backyard; a teacher unconsciously renames her black students after French painters. The substance of Jackson's art is the representation of American citizens whose heroic endurance makes them remarkable and transcendent.

"[Hoops] is a layered metaphor, implying, among other things, basketball, jewelry, and life's hurdles... Witty, musical, and intelligent; [Jackson] is equally happy discussing the war on terror... or describing early crushes." The New Yorker"

ISBN: 9780393330373

Dimensions: 211mm x 142mm x 10mm

Weight: 165g

126 pages