Mixology

Matejka, Adrian

ISBN 10: 0143115839 / ISBN 13: 9780143115830

Published by Penguin Books, New York, 2009

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Signed and inscribed by Matejka with a quote from Martin Espada. Creasing to the bottom corners. ; 80 pages; Signed by Author.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Mixology
• Publisher: Penguin Books, New York
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0143115839
• ISBN 13: 9780143115830
• Binding: Softcover
• Edition: First Edition; First Printing.
• Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

Selected for the 2008 National Poetry Series by Kevin Young

The poems in Adrian Matejka's second collection, Mixology, shapeshift through the myriad meanings of "mixing" to explore and explode ideas of race, skin politics, appropriation, and cultural identity. Whether the focus of the individual poems is musical, digital, or historical, the otherness implicit in being of more than one racial background guides Matejka's work to the inevitable conclusion that all things-no matter how disparate-are parts of the whole.

About the Author

Adrian Matejka's most recent collection of poetry is Somebody Else Sold the World. His other books are Map to the Stars; The Big Smoke, which was the winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award and a finalist for both the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize; Mixology, which was selected for the National Poetry Series; and The Devil's Garden (Alice James Books, 2003), winner of the New York / New England Award. Among Matejka's other honors are fellowships from the Academy of American Poets, the Guggenheim Foundation, the Lannan Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and United States Artists. He served as Poet Laureate of the state of Indiana in 2018-19 and lives in Indianapolis, Indiana.