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That Swing

Paperback • 2017 • English

That Swing

By X. J. Kennedy

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About the book

In this, his ninth book of poetry, lyric master X. J. Kennedy regales his readers with engaging rhythm fittingly signaled by the book's title, which echoes Duke Ellington's jazz classic "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)." Kennedy's poems, infused with verve and surprise, are by turns irresistibly funny and sharply insightful about life in America.Some poems are personal recollections of childhood and growing up, as in "My Mother Consigns to the Flames My Trove of Comic Books." ...Show more

Poetry by individual poets

Book details

ISBN

9781421422442

Publisher

Johns Hopkins University Press

Published year

2017

Language

English

Original title

That Swing

Format

Paperback

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