City of Bones by Kwame Dawes Faber for the elegy and the

for the elegy and the urgency and the prophecy

this is a fine collection from a poet at the top of his game

our experience of being human

also published in 1916

City of Bones by Kwame Dawes Faber for the elegy and theCity of Bones is a poets testament, his vision of times past and future. Composed in a language that is highly intelligent, tightly wrought, and buoyantthe inherent lyric quality derives its swing from reggae, blues, jazz, gospel, and spoken word traditionsit is a road map tarred in civilizational wisdom. This is an astonishingly fine book. If I were to predict a future Nobel Prize winner in literature, it would more than likely be Kwame Dawes. Sudeep