Turn Me Loose

The Unghosting of Medgar Evers

Frank X. Walker

(2)

Pages

Year

2013

Language

English

Publisher

University of Georgia Press

About

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 silent. Yet the poems accumulate facets of the love and hate with which others saw this man, unghosting him in a way that only imagination makes possible.

Related Subjects

Books, videos, and music - all free from your public library!

EBOOK

Turn Me Loose

The Unghosting of Medgar Evers

Frank X. Walker

(2)

Pages

Year

2013

Language

English

Publisher

University of Georgia Press

About

Related Subjects

Reviews

"[A] powerful tribute."

Deep South Magazine

"Hathaway is attuned to the vast distances between people even as they share a bed, a conversation, or a drink. He takes exact measurements of the chasm between fancy and fact, fears and longings, the mundaneness of reality and the tempting illogic of fantasy . . . These are perceptive, enticing, and complexly structured stories that illuminate the gap between thought and communication, the void b

Haki R. Madhubuti, author of Honoring Genius

Minrose Gwin, author of Remembering Medgar Evers

"Having labored in the world of the arts and in particular in the vineyards of poetry over the last fifty years, I am seldom surprised, moved or excited about the many voices-new and experienced-who occupy our rather fragile and inclusive world. Frank X Walker is an exception. His unusually perceptive and original voice commands a seat at the table. That which separates most poets is their use of language and their ability to creatively keep us reading and listening to their concept of the world we all love, live, and fight in. Read this poet."

Haki R. Madhubuti,

"Searing, brilliantly realized, these forty-nine poems exhume the history of a great American hero, Medgar Evers, whose 1963 death at the hands of white supremacist Byron De La Beckwith lit a powder keg of racial unrest in the nation and ushered in a decade of political assassinations. With their deep links to African American poetic traditions of social commentary and historical excavation, Walker's poems summon ghosts of the southern past to probe the daily horror of dehumanization under the reign of Jim Crow and the terrifying psychological roots of white supremacism, past and present."

Minrose Gwin,

Turn Me Loose

About

Related Subjects

Turn Me Loose

About

Related Subjects

Reviews

Artists