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Neon Vernacular: New and Selected Poems

by Yusef Komunyakaa

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An award-winning poet's testimony of the war in Vietnam.
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I really enjoyed the poems early in the book - about growing up in the South and his family and his VietNam experiences. His jazz poems were technically brilliant, but the subject matter was less appealing and outside my experience; I found them difficult to relate to.
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811.54Literature › English (North America) › American poetry › 20th Century › 1945-1999

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PS3561.O455Language and Literature › American literature › American literature › Individual authors › 1961-

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