Map to the Stars
Author: Matejka, Adrian
ISBN: 9780143130574
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 15 Apr 2017
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback / softback
Plt;BPgt;A resonant new collection of poetry from Adrian Matejka, author of Plt;/BPgt;Plt;BPgt;Plt;IPgt;The Big SmokePlt;/IPgt;Plt;/BPgt;Plt;BPgt;, a finalist for The Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award Plt;/BPgt;
Plt;bPgt;A resonant new collection of poetry from Adrian Matejka, author ofP#160;Plt;iPgt;The Big SmokePlt;/iPgt;, a finalist for The Pulitzer Prize and the National Book AwardP#160;Plt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;iPgt;Map to the StarsPlt;/iPgt;, the fourth poetry collection from National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize finalist Adrian Matejka, navigates the tensions between race, geography, and poverty in America during the Reagan Era. In the time of space shuttles and the Strategic Defense Initiative, outer space is the only place equality seems possible, even as the stars serve to both guide and obscure the earthly complexities of masculinity and migration. In MatejkaP#39;s poems, hope is the link between the convoluted realities of being poor and the inspiring possibilities of transcendence and escapeP#8212;whether it comes fromP#160;Plt;iPgt;Star TrekPlt;/iPgt;, the dream of being one of the first black astronauts, or Sun RaP#39;s cosmic jazz.
ISBN: 9780143130574
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 15 Apr 2017
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback / softback
Plt;BPgt;A resonant new collection of poetry from Adrian Matejka, author of Plt;/BPgt;Plt;BPgt;Plt;IPgt;The Big SmokePlt;/IPgt;Plt;/BPgt;Plt;BPgt;, a finalist for The Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award Plt;/BPgt;
Plt;bPgt;A resonant new collection of poetry from Adrian Matejka, author ofP#160;Plt;iPgt;The Big SmokePlt;/iPgt;, a finalist for The Pulitzer Prize and the National Book AwardP#160;Plt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;iPgt;Map to the StarsPlt;/iPgt;, the fourth poetry collection from National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize finalist Adrian Matejka, navigates the tensions between race, geography, and poverty in America during the Reagan Era. In the time of space shuttles and the Strategic Defense Initiative, outer space is the only place equality seems possible, even as the stars serve to both guide and obscure the earthly complexities of masculinity and migration. In MatejkaP#39;s poems, hope is the link between the convoluted realities of being poor and the inspiring possibilities of transcendence and escapeP#8212;whether it comes fromP#160;Plt;iPgt;Star TrekPlt;/iPgt;, the dream of being one of the first black astronauts, or Sun RaP#39;s cosmic jazz.
