Hum

By Jamaal May

Subjects: POETRY / American / African American, Poetry (poetic works by one author), African American authors, POETRY / American / General, American poetry

Description: "In May's debut collection, the human body is machine, manufactured in the motor city, alive with the urban sounds and beats. Poems buzz and purr like well-oiled chassis. Grit and trial and song thrum through each line. Tight syntax, finely tuned internal rhyme, and punchy consonants percuss each poem's beat like an unfailing 808 drum"--