| Summary |
In forty-one poems Nelson spans the life of the village through the imagined reflections of its inhabitants. |
| Contents |
Welcome to My Seneca village -- The poems. Land owner -- 15Ø futures -- Saplings -- Across the parade -- African Mutual Relief Society -- Too light for gravity -- Under the fathomless -- Gradual emancipation -- Sky-land -- Bring out your dead -- The yellow girl -- The Park Theatre -- The Shakespeare riot -- Hand-me-down petticoat -- Wild night -- Fire, ice, kiss -- Tub-men -- Conductor -- The cotillion -- Address -- Babylon -- Counting blessings -- Thompson and Seaman vows, African Union Church -- New York to Nicaragua -- Nicaragua crossing -- Penny postcard -- Words and whispers -- Little box -- Council of Brothers -- Miracle in the collection plate -- Cassidy's -- Professor Hesser, music lessons -- Sisters of Charity -- The deaf boy -- Make-believe -- To know -- Rejoice with me -- Sleep-out -- Pig on the ice -- The Law of Eminent Domain -- Uncle Epiphany -- About the poems. |
| Subject |
African American neighborhoods -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- Poetry.
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Communities -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- Poetry.
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American poetry -- 21st century.
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| ISBN |
9781608981960 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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1608981967 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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9781608981977 (paperback : alk. paper) |
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1608981975 (paperback : alk. paper) |
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