The Maverick Room: Poems

With its defiance for any one tradition or voice, Thomas Sayers Ellis's debut becomes a powerful argument against monotony

A dream. A democracy. A savage liberty.
And yet another anthem and yet another heaven
and yet another party wants you.
Wants you wants you wants you.
--from "Groovallegiance"

In one poem, Thomas Sayers Ellis prognosticates, "Pretty soon, the Age of the Talk Show / Will slip on a peel left in the avant- gutter." The result is The Maverick Room, the testing ground of determination and serendipity, where call-and-response becomes Steinian echo becomes Post-Soul percussive pleasure becomes a bootlegged recording hustled out of a D.C. go-go club.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Graywolf Press
Published: 01/01/2005
ISBN: 9781555974145
Pages: 120
Weight: 0.47lbs
Size: 9.06h x 6.05w x 0.37d

Review Citations: School Library Journal 07/01/2005 pg. 133
Multicultural Review 09/01/2005 pg. 72
Library Journal 11/01/2004 pg. 107
Booklist 12/15/2004 pg. 724
Publishers Weekly 01/24/2005 pg. 237
Black Issues Book Review 03/01/2005 pg. 32
Black Issues Book Review 11/01/2005 pg. 37

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 102155 / Maverick Room: Poems
Reading Level: 5.1 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 1