SPIRITS DISTILLED
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
SPIRITS DISTILLED
By (Author) Coleman Jeffrey
Red Hen Press
Red Hen Press
9th May 2006
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Poetry anthologies (various poets)
808.81
Physical Properties
Paperback
88
Width 152mm, Height 228mm, Spine 8mm
181g
Description
This debut collection of forty-five poems explores a range of subjects, including the 1998 dragging death of James Byrd, Jr., former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic, September 11, the war in Iraq, and the Abu Ghraib prison scandal.
The collection also contains poems about the 2001 massacre of Nepal's royal family, people living with AIDS, the Confederate Flag issue in South Carolina, and the influence of Gwendolyn Brooks and James Baldwin.
Author Bio
Jeffrey Lamar Coleman grew up in Gaffney, South Carolina, and is an associate professor of English at St. Mary's College of Maryland. He received a BA in communications from Winthrop University, an MFA in creative writing from Arizona State University, and a PhD in American studies from the University of New Mexico. His poetry and essays have appeared in several publications, including Delaware Poetry Review, Brilliant Corners: A Journal of Jazz and Literature, Blue Mesa Review, Critical Essays on Alice Walker, Rattle: Poetry for the 21st Century, Black Bear Review, and the Journal of Social and Political Thought. He lives in St. Leonard, Maryland, with his wife, Ynez, and two children, Nadia and Javier.
