The Selected Poems of Murray Jackson
Edited with a postscript by Ted Pearson and Kathryne V. Lindberg
Bobweaving Detroit is Murray Jackson's final collection of poems. Dr. Jackson, a highly respected educator, political figure and philanthropist, as well as an internationally known poet, offers work rich in the history and hope of Detroit's Black urban—and urbane—tradition.
"These
resonant poems bob and weave in graceful, dedicated rhythms of black public
life and dark communal wisdom, to execute the most remarkable ballet of
the inner passions, lyrical evocations of natural and peopled worlds where
the soul eternally discovers wonder, desire, elegant beauty and love.
This is a rare gift from a man of generosity and genius."
—Houston A. Baker, Jr., Duke University
Murray Jackson (1926–2002), a resident of Detroit for over seventy years, was the founding president of Wayne County Community College and was a twenty-year member of the Wayne State University Board of Governors.
—Houston A. Baker, Jr., Duke University
Murray Jackson (1926–2002), a resident of Detroit for over seventy years, was the founding president of Wayne County Community College and was a twenty-year member of the Wayne State University Board of Governors.
$18.95s paper / ISBN 0-8143-3194-7
112 pages
2003
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