Green Tuxedo

by Janet Holmes

Janet Holmes's second book of poems explores and interrogates the quotidian life of the late twentieth century for what exists behind its often seductive appearance. In these poems we see beneath acceptable, sleek surfaces into the turbulence they often conceal, as the splendid green tuxedo of the title may disguise a heart that harbors racism, fear, and violence. Holmes exhorts us to look beyond the face value of what presents itself, to resist...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0268010366
• ISBN13: 9780268010362
• Release Date: April 1998
• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Length: 70 Pages
• Weight: 0.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.0"