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In this installment of Lyric Nation, Evie Shockley reads "improphisised," first published in the November 21, 2011 edition of The Nation, "Mirror and Canvas" and "The Farewell Letters."
In this installment of Lyric Nation, Evie Shockley reads “improphisised,” first published in the November 21, 2011 edition of The Nation, “Mirror and Canvas” and “The Farewell Letters.”
Evie ShockleyEvie Shockley is the author of two books of poetry—the new black (Wesleyan) and a half-red sea (Carolina Wren Press)—and a book of criticism, Renegade Poetics: Black Aesthetics and Formal Innovation in African American Poetry (Iowa). She teaches African American literature and creative writing at Rutgers University-New Brunswick.