Imperial Liquor: Poems

by Amaud Johnson

Book Overview

Imperial Liquor is a chronicle of melancholy, a reaction to the monotony of racism. These poems concern loneliness, fear, fatigue, rage, and love; they hold fatherhood held against the vulnerability of the black male body, aging, and urban decay. Part remembrance, part swan song for the Compton, California of the 1980s, Johnson examines the limitations of romance to heal broken relationships or rebuild a broken city. Slow Jams, red-lit rooms,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822966069
• ISBN13: 9780822966067
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.8" x 8.9"