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Scintillating, cinematic poems synthesize the irony, absurdity, and passions of American life.
A major figure in the Black Arts Movement and a founding member of the Umbra workshop, Lorenzo Thomas is one of the most heralded authors of his generation. Dancing on Main Street, Thomas’s long-awaited collection spanning many decades of his career, blends traditional lyricism with a surrealist’s touch and a realist’s eye. Together, these poems form a cinematic look at the obsessions, pleasures, trials, and tribulations of life on Main Street.
A major figure in the Black Arts Movement and a founding member of the Umbra workshop, Lorenzo Thomas is one of the most heralded authors of his generation. Dancing on Main Street, Thomas’s long-awaited collection spanning many decades of his career, blends traditional lyricism with a surrealist’s touch and a realist’s eye. Together, these poems form a cinematic look at the obsessions, pleasures, trials, and tribulations of life on Main Street.
Price: $15.00
Pages: 130
Publisher: Coffee House Press
Imprint: Coffee House Press
Publication Date:
01 April 2004
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9781566891561
Format: Paperback
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Praise for Dancing on Main Street
“This caustically modern, enticingly various and ironically titled collection is a very welcome major release from a poet and critic who too often has flown under the publishing radar." —Publishers Weekly
“This caustically modern, enticingly various and ironically titled collection is a very welcome major release from a poet and critic who too often has flown under the publishing radar." —Publishers Weekly
Lorenzo Thomas is an internationally acclaimed poet, critic, and professor of English at the University of Houston. Born in Panama, Thomas became a founding member of the Umbra workshop and an important part of the Black Arts Movement in the 1960s. His books of poetry include Chances are Few, The Bathers, and Sound Science. He is the recipient of two Poets Foundation awards and the Lucille Medwick Prize.