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Mixology by Adrian Matejka

Mixology

By Adrian Matejka

By Adrian Matejka

By Adrian Matejka

By Adrian Matejka

Part of National Poetry Series

Part of National Poetry Series

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May 26, 2009 | 96 Pages

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May 26, 2009 | 96 Pages

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    About Mixology

    Selected for the 2008 National Poetry Series by Kevin Young

    The poems in Adrian Matejka’s second collection, Mixology, shapeshift through the myriad meanings of “mixing” to explore and explode ideas of race, skin politics, appropriation, and cultural identity. Whether the focus of the individual poems is musical, digital, or historical, the otherness implicit in being of more than one racial background guides Matejka’s work to the inevitable conclusion that all things-no matter how disparate-are parts of the whole.

    About Mixology

    Selected for the 2008 National Poetry Series by Kevin Young

    The poems in Adrian Matejka’s second collection, Mixology, shapeshift through the myriad meanings of “mixing” to explore and explode ideas of race, skin politics, appropriation, and cultural identity. Whether the focus of the individual poems is musical, digital, or historical, the otherness implicit in being of more than one racial background guides Matejka’s work to the inevitable conclusion that all things-no matter how disparate-are parts of the whole.

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    About Adrian Matejka

    Adrian Matejka is the author of three collections of poetry: The Devil’s Garden (2002), Mixology (2009), which was a winner of the National Poetry Series competition, and The Big Smoke (2013), which won the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and… More about Adrian Matejka

    About Adrian Matejka

    Adrian Matejka is the author of three collections of poetry: The Devil’s Garden (2002), Mixology (2009), which was a winner of the National Poetry Series competition, and The Big Smoke (2013), which won the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and… More about Adrian Matejka

    Product Details

    Category: Poetry | Literary Collections

    Paperback | $18.00
    Published by Penguin Books
    May 26, 2009 | 96 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-7/16 | ISBN 9780143115830

    Category: Poetry | Literary Collections

    Ebook | $13.99
    Published by Penguin Books
    May 26, 2009 | 96 Pages | ISBN 9781101057193

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    Praise

    ” Adrian Matejka provides a profound and powerful cocktail of personal history, hip hop elegy, and inventive language, measuring a clash of emotions and cultures with fat bass lines and sharp wit. A post-soul tour de force that places pop culture in a blender.”
    -Kevin Young, 2008 National Poetry Series judge

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