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An edition of The big smoke (2013)

The big smoke

poems

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  • 9 Want to read

The legendary Jack Johnson (1878-1946) was a true American creation. The child of emancipated slaves, he overcame the violent segregationism of Jim Crow, challenging white boxers and white America to become the first African-American heavyweight world champion. The Big Smoke, Adrian Matejka's third work of poetry, follows the fighter's journey from poverty to the most coveted title in sports through the multi-layered voices of Johnson and the white women he brazenly loved. Matejka's book is part historic reclamation and part interrogation of Johnson's complicated legacy, one that often misremembers the magnetic man behind the myth.

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Penguin Books
Language
English
Pages
109

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Subjects

Poetry, American poetry, Poetry (poetic works by one author)

People

Jack Johnson (1878-1946)

Times

21st century
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The big smoke: poems
2013, Penguin Books
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Table of Contents

Hurt Business. Battle Royal ;
Cannibalism ;
Hurt Business ; -- The
Manly Art of Self-Defense ; -- The
Shadow Knows ;
Blues His Sweetie Gives to Me ;
Shadow Boxing ;
Prize Fighter ;
Fisticuffs --
Weigh-In.
Sporting Life ;
Courtship ; -- "A
Great Maltese Cat Toying with a White Mouse" ;
Letter to Belle (May 27, 1909) ;
Letter to Belle (May 29, 1909) ;
Chicken & Other Stereotypes ;
Letter to Belle (September 15, 1909) ;
Mouth Fighting ;
Shadow Boxing ;
Cooking Lessons ;
Introductions ;
"Texas Authorities Will Prosecute the Champion if He Takes White Wife" --
Knee Off Canvas.
Roadwork at Seal Rock ;
Race Relations ;
Shadow Boxing ;
Vedi! Le fosche notturne ;
Letter to Belle (March 10, 1910) ;
Equality ;
Photography ; -- "A
Struggle Between a Demon and a Gritty Little Dwarf" ; -- The
Shadow Knows ;
Color Line ;
Friendship ;
"Machine Containing Johnson's Friends Wrecked" ;
Alias ;
Hostilities ;
Fisticuff Difficulty --
Bet Your Last Copper.
Gold Smile ;
Fidelity ;
Letter to Belle (December 3, 1910) ;
Out of the Bath ;
"Carefree as a Plantation Darky in Watermelon Time" ;
Shadow Boxing ; -- The
Battle of the Century ;
Race Relations ;
Marriage Proposal ;
Aristocracy ;
Compromises ; -- The
Shadow Knows ;
Rememory ;
Ticket on the Titanic ; -- II
Trovatore --
No Decision.
Hubert's Museum & Flea Circus (1937).

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 103-105).

Series
Penguin poets, Penguin poets

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
811/.6
Library of Congress
PS3613.A825 B54 2013, PS3613.A825B54 2013

The Physical Object

Pagination
109 pages
Number of pages
109

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL27153829M
Internet Archive
bigsmokepoems0000mate
ISBN 10
0143123726
ISBN 13
9780143123729
LCCN
2012045786
OCLC/WorldCat
820123637

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL19973649W

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Library of Congress MARC record
Internet Archive item record
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