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Turn Me Loose(1st Edition)
The Unghosting of Medgar Evers
by Frank X. Walker, Michelle Hite
Paperback, 96 Pages, Published 2013 by University Of Georgia Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8203-4541-3, ISBN: 0-8203-4541-5

"Around the void left by the murder of Medgar Evers in 1963, the poems in this collection speak, unleashing the strong emotions both before and after the moment of assassination. Poems take on the voices of Evers's widow, Myrlie; his brother, Charles; his assassin, Byron De La Beckwith; and each of De La Beckwith's two wives. Except for the book's title, ""Turn me loose,"" which were his final words, Evers remains in this collection sile ..."

Isaac Murphy(1st Edition)
I Dedicate This Ride
by Frank X. Walker
Paperback, 88 Pages, Published 2010 by Old Cove Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-9675424-3-0, ISBN: 0-9675424-3-X

"In this richly imagined collection of poems, Frank X Walker brings to life the mind and heart of legendary African-American jockey Isaac Burns Murphy (1861-1896). The son of a slave, Murphy rose to the top of thoroughbred racing in a brilliant career that brought him wealth, honor and international fame. The first to win the Kentucky Derby three times (1884, 1890, 1891), Murphy won an unprecedented 44% of the races he entered. Part of t ..."

Black Box(1st Edition)
by Frank X. Walker
Paperback, 144 Pages, Published 2005 by Old Cove Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-9675424-1-6, ISBN: 0-9675424-1-3

"This powerful collection of poems from award-winning poet Frank X Walker continues the autobiograhical, political and literary journey of Affrilachia, his groundbreaking book of poems about growing up black in the Appalachian south (Old Cove Press, 2000). In Black Box he offers the reader 68 new poems -- written with passion, clarity and emotional honesty -- that illuminate experiences of race, love, social justice, family, identity and ..."

Masked Man, Black
Pandemic and Protest Poems
by Frank X. Walker
90 Pages, Published 2020 by Accents Publishing, Llc 2020-10
ISBN-13: 978-1-936628-59-9, ISBN: 1-936628-59-7

""Masked Man, black is the latest poetry collection by by iconic poet Frank X Walker. The poems in this new collection pack the immediacy and gravity of letters from the trenches of a war."

Last Will, Last Testament
by Frank X. Walker
Paperback, 74 Pages, Published 2019 by Accents Publishing
ISBN-13: 978-1-936628-49-0, ISBN: 1-936628-49-X

"In his latest collection, Last Will, Last Testament, Frank X Walker turns the same unflinching gaze he's committed to historic figures now towards his own lineage. As these poems bear witness in real time to his father's last breaths even as his new son takes his first, Walker serves again as the linchpin between generations. Ever a master distiller of the heart, Walker presents us with, arguably, his most complex elixir to date, best i ..."

When Winter Come
The Ascension of York (Kentucky Voices)
by Frank X. Walker
Hardcover, 136 Pages, Published 2008 by University Press Of Kentucky
ISBN-13: 978-0-8131-2483-4, ISBN: 0-8131-2483-2

"A sequel to the award-winning Buffalo Dance, Frank X Walker's When Winter Come: The Ascension of York is a dramatic reimagining of Lewis and Clark's legendary exploration of the American West. By focusing on the humanity and struggles of York, Clark's slave, When Winter Come challenges conventional views of the journey's heroes and exposes the deeds, both great and ghastly, of the men behind the myth. Grounded in the history of the famo ..."

About Flight
by Frank X. Walker
Paperback, 30 Pages, Published 2015 by Accents Publishing, Llc
ISBN-13: 978-1-936628-36-0, ISBN: 1-936628-36-8

""Up until this point in American history, no poet has written an honest and believable lament about the crippling effects from the tornado swirl of a crack pipe, how a little rock being melted between thin mesh screen creates pallid smoke: a monster, a slave to the white lady that is cocaine. In About Flight, Frank X Walker gives us the beautiful ugly narrative of a brother who is wrestling with chemical dependency, and losing. The high ..."

When Winter Come
The Ascension of York (Kentucky Voices)
by Frank X. Walker
Paperback, 136 Pages, Published 2008 by University Press Of Kentucky
ISBN-13: 978-0-8131-9184-3, ISBN: 0-8131-9184-X

Buffalo Dance(2nd Edition)
The Journey of York (Kentucky Voices)
by Frank X. Walker
Paperback, 88 Pages, Published 2004 by University Press Of Kentucky
ISBN-13: 978-0-8131-9088-4, ISBN: 0-8131-9088-6

"" Winner of the 35th Annual Lillian Smith Book Award, 2004 A BookSense 76 Spring 2004 Top 10 Poetry Book! Read an excerpt from the book Listen to Frank X Walker reading on NPR's ""This I Believe"" segment of Morning Edition. This collection of persona poems tells the story of the infamous Lewis & Clark expedition from the point of view of Clark's personal slave, York. The poems form a narrative of York's inner and outer journey, before, ..."

A Is for Affrilachia
by Walker, Frank X, Davis, Ronald W.
Hardcover, 64 Pages, Published 2023 by University Press Of Kentucky
ISBN-13: 978-0-8131-9637-4, ISBN: 0-8131-9637-X

Vinegar and Char
Verse from the Southern Foodways Alliance
by Sandra Beasley, Julie Sola, Natasha Trethewey, Kevin Young, Shirlette Ammons, Michael Mcfee, Elisa Albo, Elizabeth Alexander, Richard Blanco, Devon Brenner, Gaylord Brewer, Jericho Brown, Nickole Brown, Gabrielle Calvocoressi, Wo Chan, Beth Fennelly, Nikky Finney, Vievee Francis, Diane Gilliam, Nikki Giovanni, Elton Glaser, Sean Hill, Jay Hopler, John T. Edge, Tj Jarrett, W. Ralph Eubanks, Frank X. Walker, Rebecca Gayle Howell, Jake Adam York, Molly Mccully Brown, Greg Alan Brownderville, Melissa Dickson Jackson, Kelly Norman Ellis, Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, Ashley Jones, Georgia Ella Lyon, Ed Madden, Jo Mcdougall, Rose Mclarney, Erika Meitner, Robert Morgan, Jon Pineda, Iain Haley Pollock, Lynn Powell, Artsuro Riley, Iliana Rocha, Natalie Scenters-Zepico, Brian Spears, Sheryl St. Germain, Garland Strother, Adrienne Su, Jon Tribble, Adam Vines, Caroline Randall Williams, L. Lamar Wilson, Sylvia Woods, Marianne Worthington, Naomi Shihab Nye, Frank Walker, Blair Hobbs, Regina Bradley
Paperback, 128 Pages, Published 2018 by University Of Georgia Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8203-5429-3, ISBN: 0-8203-5429-5

"Yes, there is barbecue, but that’s just one course of the meal. With Vinegar and Char the Southern Foodways Alliance celebrates twenty years of symposia by offering a collection of poems that are by turns as sophisticated and complex, as vivid and funny, and as buoyant and poignant as any SFA gathering.The roster of contributors includes Natasha Trethewey, Robert Morgan, Atsuro Riley, Adrienne Su, Richard Blanco, Ed Madden, Nikky Finney ..."

Affrilachia(1st Edition)
Poems by Frank X Walker
by Frank X. Walker
Paperback, 112 Pages, Published 2000 by Old Cove Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-9675424-0-9, ISBN: 0-9675424-0-5

"Now in its eighth printing, Frank X Walker's pathbreaking book of poems Affrilachia is a classic of Appalachian and African-American literature. Walker created the word "Affrilachia" to help make visible the experience of African-Americans living in the rural and Appalachian South. The book is widely used in classrooms and is one of the foundational works of the Affrilachian Poets, a community of writers offering fresh ways to think abo ..."

Buffalo Dance(expanded edition)
The Journey of York (Kentucky Voices)
by Walker, Frank X
Paperback, 112 Pages, Published 2022 by University Press Of Kentucky
ISBN-13: 978-0-8131-9645-9, ISBN: 0-8131-9645-0

Black Nature
Four Centuries of African American Nature Poetry
by Camille T. Dungy, Elizabeth Alexander, Alvin Aubert, Gerald Barrax, Remica Bingham, Cyrus Cassells, Lucille Clifton, Wanda Coleman, Toi Derricotte, Rita Dove, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Cornelius Eady, Thomas Sayers Ellis, Joanne Gabbin, Nikki Giovanni, Kendra Hamilton, Terrance Hayes, Sean Hill, Langston Hughes, Major Jackson, Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, Douglas Kearney, Yusef Komunyakaa, Clarence Major, Mark Mcmorris, E. Miller, Kamilah Aisha Moon, Indigo Moor, Lenard Moore, Thylias Moss, Harryette Mullen, Gregory Pardlo, Cynthia Parker-Ohene, Carl Phillips, Stephanie Pruitt, Claudia Rankine, Tim Seibles, Evie Shockley, Patricia Smith, Jean Toomer, Natasha Trethewey, Alice Walker, Sterling A. Brown, Margaret Walker, Afaa Weaver, Al Young, Kwame Alexander, Tara Betts, Arna Bontemps, Shane Book, Gwendolyn Brooks, Melvin Dixon, James A. Emanuel, Jessie Redmon Fauset, Ross Gay, C. S. Giscombe, Rachel Eliza Griffiths, Myronn Hardy, Michael S. Harper, Janice N. Harrington, Robert Hayden, George Moses Horton, Ravi Howard, Amaud Jamaul Johnson, Helene Johnson, James Weldon Johnson, Patricia Spears Jones, June Jordan, Ruth Ellen Kocher, Audre Lorde, Devorah Major, Shara Mccallum, George Marion Mcclellan, Claude Mckay, Marilyn Nelson, G. E. Patterson, Ishmael Reed, Ed Roberson, Mona Lisa Saloy, Reginald Shepherd, Anne Spencer, Amber Flora Thomas, Melvin B. Tolson, Askia M. Touré, Wendy S. Walters, Anthony Walton, Phillis Wheatley, Albery Whitman, Sherley Anne Williams, Richard Wright, Toni Wynn, Frank X. Walker
Paperback, 432 Pages, Published 2009 by University Of Georgia Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8203-3431-8, ISBN: 0-8203-3431-6

"Black Nature is the first anthology to focus on nature writing by African American poets, a genre that until now has not commonly been counted as one in which African American poets have participated.Black poets have a long tradition of incorporating treatments of the natural world into their work, but it is often read as political, historical, or protest poetry―anything but nature poetry. This is particularly true when the definition o ..."

Black Nature(Updated)
Four Centuries of African American Nature Poetry
by Camille T. Dungy, Toni Wynn, Alvin Aubert, Gerald Barrax, Remica Bingham, Cyrus Cassells, Lucille Clifton, Wanda Coleman, Elizabeth Alexander, Toi Derricotte, Rita Dove, Cornelius Eady, Kendra Hamilton, Terrance Hayes, Sean Hill, Langston Hughes, Major Jackson, Douglas Kearney, Clarence, Nikki Giovanni, Yusef Komunyakaa, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Thomas Sayers Ellis, Mark Mcmorris, E. Miller, Kamilah Aisha Moon, Indigo Moor, Lenard Moore, Thylias Moss, Harryette Mullen, Gregory Pardlo, Cynthia Parker-Ohene, Carl Phillips, Stephanie Pruitt, Claudia Rankine, Tim Seibles, Evie Shockley, Jean Toomer, Natasha Trethewey, Alice Walker, Frank X. Walker, Margaret Walker, Afaa Weaver, Al Young, Kwame Alexander, Tara Betts, Shane Book, Gwendolyn Brooks, Sterling A. Brown, Melvin Dixon, James A. Emanuel, Jessie Redmon Fauset, Ross Gay, C. S. Giscombe, Rachel Eliza Griffiths, Myronn Hardy, Michael S. Harper, Janice N. Harrington, Robert Hayden, George Moses Horton, Ravi Howard, Amaud Jamaul Johnson, Helene Johnson, James Weldon Johnson, Patricia Spears Jones, Professor Audre Lorde, Ruth Ellen Kocher, Devorah Major, Shara Mccallum, George Marion Mcclellan, Claude Mckay, Marilyn Nelson, G. E. Patterson, Ishmael Reed, Ed Roberson, Mona Lisa Saloy, Reginald Shepherd, Anne Spencer, Amber Flora Thomas, Wendy S. Walters, Anthony Walton, Phillis Wheatley, Albery Whitman, Sherley Anne Williams, Richard Wright, Professor Joanne Gabbin, Professor June Jordan, Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, Patricia Smith, Arna Bontemps, Melvin B. Tolson, Askia M. Touré, Joanne Gabbin
Hardcover, 432 Pages, Published 2009 by University Of Georgia Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8203-3277-2, ISBN: 0-8203-3277-1

"This book presents the natural world seen through the eyes of black poets. ""Black Nature"" is the first anthology to focus on nature writing by African American poets, a genre that until now has not commonly been counted as one in which African American poets have participated. Black poets have a long tradition of incorporating treatments of the natural world into their work, but it is often read as political, historical, or protest po ..."

The Ringing Ear
Black Poets Lean South (Cave Canem Anthology) (Cave Canem Anthology) (Cave Canem Anthology) (The Cave Canem Poetry Prize Ser.)
by Nikky Finney, Alvin Aubert, Amanda Johnston, Brandon Johnson, Carrie Mccray, Chanda Feldman, Cherene Sherrard, Christian Campbell, Colleen Mcelroy, Dante Micheaux, Delana Dameron, E. Miller, Douglas Kearney, Duriel Harris, David Mills, Earl Braggs, Ebony Golden, Curtis Crisler, Evie Shockley, Forrest Hamer, Gwen Samuels, Harryette Mullen, Hermine Pinson, Holly Bass, Gloria Burgess, Indigo Moor, Jacqueline Lamon, Askhari Hodari Phd, Sheree Renée Thomas, Dr Christopher Gilbert, Camille T. Dungy, Cherryl Floyd-Miller, Professor Joanne Gabbin, Cynthia Parker-Ohene, Jaki Shelton Green, James Richardson, Jane Alberdeston Coralin, Jarvis Deberry, Jaye Farren, Jericho Brown, Kalamu Salaam, Kamilah Aisha Moon, Kelly Norman Ellis, Kendra Hamilton, Kevin Simmonds, Lauri Conner, Lavon Rice, Lenard Moore, Linda Jackson, Lita Hooper, Matilda Cox, Mendi Obadike, Meta Jones, Mitchell Douglas, Nagueyalti Warren, Naomi Madgett, Natasha Trethewey, Nathaniel Mackey, Niki Herd, Nikki Giovanni, Nzadi Keita, Opal Moore, Pamela Plummer, Parneshia Jones, Patricia Johnson, Paula Jackson, Quentin Huff, Quraysh Lansana, Rachel Nelson, Randall Horton, Reginald Harris, Remica Bingham, Reuben Jackson, Robin Caudell, Ronald Dorris, Sam Ragland, Sean Hill, Sharan Strange, Shirlette Ammons, Sonia Sanchez, Stephanie Pruitt, Suzanne Jackson, Taiyon Coleman, Teri Elam-Blanchard, Thomas Sayers Ellis, Traci Dant-Johnson, Treasure Williams, Truth Thomas, Valjeanne Jeffers-Thompson, Vida Henderson, Yusef Komunyakaa, Yvonne Jackson, Zetta Elliott, Frank X. Walker, Kevin Young, Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, Houston Baker Jr., Askhari Hodari, Christopher Gilbert, Frank Walker, Cave Canem
Paperback, 432 Pages, Published 2007 by University Of Georgia Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8203-2926-0, ISBN: 0-8203-2926-6

"The South: to render all that it means to an African American takes someone with acutely tuned senses, someone with a patience, a passion even, for the region's history and contradictions. It takes a poet. In this new anthology, the first of its kind, more than one hundred contemporary black poets laugh at and cry about, pray for and curse, flee and return to--the South.Voices new to the scene appear in "The Ringing Ear" alongside some ..."

The Ringing Ear
Black Poets Lean South (The Cave Canem Poetry Prize Ser.)
by Nikky Finney, Amanda Johnston, Askhari Hodari, Brandon Johnson, Carrie Mccray, Chanda Feldman, Cherene Sherrard, Alvin Aubert, Christian Campbell, Christopher Gilbert, Colleen Mcelroy, Curtis Crisler, Dante Micheaux, David Mills, Delana Dameron, Douglas Kearney, Duriel Harris, E. Miller, Earl Braggs, Ebony Golden, Evie Shockley, Forrest Hamer, Gwen Samuels, Harryette Mullen, Hermine Pinson, Holly Bass, Indigo Moor, Gloria Burgess, Camille T. Dungy, Cherryl Floyd-Miller, Cynthia Parker-Ohene, Jacqueline Lamon, Jaki Shelton Green, James Richardson, Jane Alberdeston Coralin, Jarvis Deberry, Jaye Farren, Jericho Brown, Joanne Gabbin, Kalamu Salaam, Kamilah Aisha Moon, Kelly Norman Ellis, Kendra Hamilton, Kevin Simmonds, Kevin Young, Lauri Conner, Lavon Rice, Lenard Moore, Linda Jackson, Lita Hooper, Matilda Cox, Mendi Obadike, Meta Jones, Mitchell Douglas, Nagueyalti Warren, Naomi Madgett, Natasha Trethewey, Nathaniel Mackey, Niki Herd, Nikki Giovanni, Nzadi Keita, Opal Moore, Pamela Plummer, Parneshia Jones, Patricia Johnson, Paula Jackson, Quentin Huff, Quraysh Lansana, Rachel Nelson, Randall Horton, Reginald Harris, Remica Bingham, Reuben Jackson, Robin Caudell, Ronald Dorris, Sam Ragland, Sean Hill, Sharan Strange, Sheree Thomas, Shirlette Ammons, Sonia Sanchez, Stephanie Pruitt, Suzanne Jackson, Taiyon Coleman, Teri Elam-Blanchard, Thomas Sayers Ellis, Traci Dant-Johnson, Treasure Williams, Truth Thomas, Valjeanne Jeffers-Thompson, Vida Henderson, Yusef Komunyakaa, Yvonne Jackson, Zetta Elliott, Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, Frank X. Walker, Houston Baker Jr., Frank Walker, Cave Canem
Library, 432 Pages, Published 2007 by University Of Georgia Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8203-2925-3, ISBN: 0-8203-2925-8

Love House
by Walker, Frank X
Paperback, 92 Pages, Published 2023 by Accents Publishing
ISBN-13: 978-1-961127-03-6, ISBN: 1-961127-03-2

Buffalo Dance
The Journey of York
by Walker, Frank X
Hardcover, Published 2022 by University Press Of Kentucky
ISBN-13: 978-0-8131-9644-2, ISBN: 0-8131-9644-2

The Mystery of X5(1st Edition)
Lieutenant H.Henty-Creer's Attack on the "Tirpitz"
by Frank Walker, Pamela Mellor, Henty Henty-Creer
Hardcover, 239 Pages, Published 1988 by William Kimber & Co Ltd
ISBN-13: 978-0-7183-0628-1, ISBN: 0-7183-0628-7

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