A poetic treatment of the period of American history between the beginning of the Mexican War and the end of the Civil War, by Michigan poet Vievee Francis.
Blue-Tail Fly (Made in Michigan Writers Series)
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The title of Blue-Tail Fly comes from an antebellum song commonly known as "Jimmy Crack Corn." The blue-tail fly is a supposedly insignificant creature that bites the horse that bucks and kills the master. In this collection, poet Vievee Francis gives voice to "outsiders"—from soldiers and common folk to leading political figures—who play the role of the blue-tail fly in the period of American history between the Mexican American War and the Civil War. Through a diverse range of styles, characters, and emotions, Francis’s poems consider the demands of war, protest and resistance to it, and the cross-cultural exchanges of wartime. More than a narrowly themed text, Blue-Tail Fly is a book of balances, weighing the give-and-take of people and cultures in the arena of war. For lovers of poetry and those interested in American history, Blue-Tail Fly will illustrate the complexities of the American past and future.
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Vievee Francis is a well-known poet in the Detroit area whose poems have appeared in numerous journals. This is her first full-length book of poetry.
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A Marvel...,
This review is from: Blue-Tail Fly (Made in Michigan Writers Series) (Paperback)
Now THIS is what poetry can do! It's a bold move, writing a book of poetry about historical events (e.g., the Civil war, the Mexican war) that most of us encounter only through the deadening lens of battered high school textbooks -- and yet Francis offers one of the most human and immediate collections of poetry I've encountered in quite a while. She manages, through her keen eye and her empathy for her characters and her understanding of their voices, to make these long-dead, remote people (mostly the folks who never appear in the textbooks) fully alive, urgent, now. Even the famous people -- Lincoln, Taylor -- become more human in her hands. I was shattered by "A singular dispersion," horrified by "Linsey-Woolsey," wounded by the Detroit riots poems, stirred by "Walt Whitman reads to the limbless," moved by "The White Immensities," and on and on. These are great poems individually, and such a strong, strong collection altogether!
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Beautiful Story,
This review is from: Blue-Tail Fly (Made in Michigan Writers Series) (Paperback)
This "book of poetry" is anything but a chap-book of rhyme verse. It is a beautifully woven tale told by a true poet and lover of the written word. I can't wait until her next offering!
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