Come Kingdom: Poems (Southern Messenger Poets) - Softcover

Derrick Harriell (author) & Dave Smith (Series Editor)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0807177970 ISBN 13: 9780807177976

Publisher: LSU Press, 2022

Synopsis

Derrick Harriell's new book, Come Kingdom, chronicles a Black man's journey toward an ever-elusive American Dream with poems anchored in the trenches of personal crossroads ranging from child conception to substance abuse and racism. The collection follows a male speaker as he and his partner family plan, hoping to provide their son with a sibling. Their troubles burst through in bold poems that incorporate both medical and mental hurdles. At the same time, it pays homage to Black musical icons such as Marvin Gaye, Whitney Houston, Tupac Shakur, and Nipsey Hussle.

With spirited vulnerability and gritty lyricism, Harriell reveals the stakes and hauntings of relentless generational traumas. A tour de force of outcry and courage, Come Kingdom confronts shifting social, political, and musical climates. On a more intimate level, it also follows a couple's desperate attempts to become parents again.

About this title

About the Author

Derrick Harriell is the Ottilie Schillig Associate Professor of English and African American Studies at the University of Mississippi. His previous collections of poems include Stripper in Wonderland, Cotton, and Ropes, winner of the 2014 Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Poetry Book Award.

Edition details

• Publisher: LSU Press
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0807177970
• ISBN 13: 9780807177976
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 88