Freedom and Confinement: An Interview With Etheridge Knight - Couverture souple

McKim, Elizabeth Gordon

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0822967928 ISBN 13 : 9780822967927

Editeur : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2026

Synopsis

Freedom and Confinement is a powerful, book-length conversation between poets Elizabeth Gordon McKim and Etheridge Knight, recorded in 1990 as Knight was dying of cancer. The interview traces Knight’s life from his childhood in Paducah, Kentucky, to his time in the Army and his injury in Korea, to his drug addiction and incarceration, and finally, to his poetic rebirth. The dialogue includes a 1984 exchange with McKim’s daughter, Jenifer McKim, offering a rare intergenerational glimpse into Knight’s world. McKim captures the man behind the legend—complex, contradictory, soulful. From prison yards to the Library of Congress, Knight lived and performed poetry across the country. This conversation revives his stories and energies, blending trickster wit with hard-won wisdom, making the mythic poet vividly human once more.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Elizabeth Gordon McKim is the author of several books of poetry including The Red Thread and Lovers in the Freefall. Etheridge Knight (1931-1991) was a leading figure of the Black Arts Movement who became a notable poet in 1968 with his debut volume, Poems from Prison. The Essential Etheridge Knight was published by the University of Pittsburgh Press in 1986.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0822967928
• ISBN 13: 9780822967927
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 124
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