Bibliograph

To free the captives, a plea for the American soul, Tracy K. Smith

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To free the captives, a plea for the American soul, Tracy K. Smith

Language

eng

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autobiography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

To free the captives

Oclc number

1370218003

Responsibility statement

Tracy K. Smith

Sub title

a plea for the American soul

Summary

"From the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet: a stunning meditation on ritual and collectiveness that explores how older forms of inquiry-from song to prayer to ways of public gathering-might help us all survive violent times and address America's shared history"--, Provided by publisherSmith begins in Sunflower, Alabama, where her grandfather returned after World War I with a hero's record but difficult prospects as a Black man. She consider the life of her father through the lens of history, then bears witness to the terms of freedom afforded her as Black woman, mother, and educator in the twenty-first century. Her book provides a sounding board for our most pressing collective questions: Where are we going as a nation? Where have we been? -- adapted from jacket

Table Of Contents

Train of souls -- The free and the freed -- One more sunny day - Scenes from a marriage, or: What is the American imagination -- Sobriety -- The Northern Territory -- Coda: Up ahead

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Plea for the American soul

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