The Big Smoke
Author: Matejka, Adrian
ISBN: 9780143123729
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 28 May 2013
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback / softback
Plt;bPgt;Plt;bPgt;A suite of poems examining the myth and history of the legendary prizefighter Jack JohnsonPlt;bPgt;P#8212;Plt;/bPgt;a finalist for both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book AwardPlt;bPgt;P#8212;Plt;/bPgt;from the author, with Youssef Daoudi, of the graphic novel Plt;iPgt;Last on His Feet: Jack Johnson and the Battle of the CenturyPlt;/iPgt;Plt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;/bPgt;The legendary Jack Johnson (1878P#8211;1946) was a true American creation. The child of emancipated slaves, he overcame the violent segregationism of Jim Crow, challenging white boxersP#8212;and white AmericaP#8212;to become the first African-American heavyweight world champion. Plt;iPgt;The Big SmokePlt;/iPgt;, Adrian MatejkaP#8217;s third work of poetry, follows the fighterP#8217;s journey from poverty to the most coveted title in sports through the multi-layered voices of Johnson and the white women he brazenly loved. MatejkaP#8217;s book is part historic reclamation and part interrogation of JohnsonP#8217;s complicated legacy, one that often misremembers the magnetic man behind the myth.Plt;bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;/bPgt;
ISBN: 9780143123729
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 28 May 2013
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback / softback
Plt;bPgt;Plt;bPgt;A suite of poems examining the myth and history of the legendary prizefighter Jack JohnsonPlt;bPgt;P#8212;Plt;/bPgt;a finalist for both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book AwardPlt;bPgt;P#8212;Plt;/bPgt;from the author, with Youssef Daoudi, of the graphic novel Plt;iPgt;Last on His Feet: Jack Johnson and the Battle of the CenturyPlt;/iPgt;Plt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;/bPgt;The legendary Jack Johnson (1878P#8211;1946) was a true American creation. The child of emancipated slaves, he overcame the violent segregationism of Jim Crow, challenging white boxersP#8212;and white AmericaP#8212;to become the first African-American heavyweight world champion. Plt;iPgt;The Big SmokePlt;/iPgt;, Adrian MatejkaP#8217;s third work of poetry, follows the fighterP#8217;s journey from poverty to the most coveted title in sports through the multi-layered voices of Johnson and the white women he brazenly loved. MatejkaP#8217;s book is part historic reclamation and part interrogation of JohnsonP#8217;s complicated legacy, one that often misremembers the magnetic man behind the myth.Plt;bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;/bPgt;
