In the Language of My Captor by Shane McCrae

In the Language of My Captor

Wesleyan Poetry

Shane McCrae

108 pages first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction poetry race challenging reflective slow-paced
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Finalist for the 2017 National Book Award for Poetry Winner of the Lannan Literary Award for Poetry (2017) Acclaimed poet Shane McCrae's latest collection is a book about freedom told through stories of captivity. Historical persona poems and a pr...

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Moods

challenging 69%
reflective 61%
emotional 53%
dark 30%
sad 23%
inspiring 15%
adventurous 7%
informative 7%
tense 7%

Pace

fast 33%
slow 33%
medium 33%

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