Purplish: Poetry Anger Publics

By jose felipe alvergue

José Felipe Alvergue examines anger in American poetry, while reflecting on the permissible/policed cultural affects of our time. purplish challenges the idea of an objective or unbiased cultural rationale to purple regions in America by historicizing how anger has been systemically cleansed from the collective sentiments regarding nation-building throughout key moments of our national heritage.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1685970141
• ISBN13: 9781685970147
• Release Date: July 2025
• Publisher: University of Iowa Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up