Leaving Saturn: Poems -- Major Jackson, Paperback

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Leaving Saturn: Poems -- Major Jackson, PaperbackLeaving Saturn, chosen by Al Young as the winner of the Cave Canem Poetry Prize, is an ambitious and honest collection. Major Jackson, through both formal and free verse poems, renders visible the spirit of resilience, courage, and creativity he witnessed among his family, neighbors, and friends while growing up in Philadelphia. His poems hauntingly reflect urban decay and violence, yet at the same time they rejoice in the sustaining power of music

From microscopic minerals to majestic mountains and everything in between

a mysterious letter sets Jo off on a search for her own past and the parents who abandoned her as a baby

Matthew Henry's Commentary has been a favorite of teachers

make smart decisions

Bloom sheds light on a part of life we so often shy away from discussing--its ending

Thrown into the middle of a modern-day witch hunt

the limits of power

High school can be hell

to cultivate a greater imagination

As an indigenous person

ISBN: 9781960961006

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