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      :  \n001;    2  \nDigitized by the Internet Archivein 2012  \nB RUTAL IMA GINATI0N  \nALS0 BY CORNELIUS EADYVictims of the Latest Dance CrazeBoom,Boom,Boom (chapbook)The Gathering of My NameYou Don't Miss Your WaterThe Autobiography of aJukebox  \n# Kartunes\n\nA M A RIA N W00D B00 K  \nPU BLISHE D BY G.P.PUTNAM'S S0NS  \nA ME M B E R 0F PE NGU IN PU TN AM IN C  \nN E W YO R K  \n# C0RN ELIU S EA D Y\n\nB RUTA L IM AGINATI0 N  \n里  \nDedleg Lranch Librer65 Weea Stre'Roxbury,MA 02119-3206  \nDU BR  \nEADY  \nA MARIAN woOD BOOKPublished by G.P.Putnam's SonsPublishers Since 1838a member ofPenguin Putnam Inc.375 Hudson StreetNew York,NY 10014  \nCopyright C2001 by Cornelius Eady  \nAll rights reserved.This book,or parts thereof,may notbe reproduced in any form without permission.Published simultaneously in Canada  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data  \nEady,Cornelius,date.  \nBrutal imagination:poems/Cornelius Eady.  \np.cm.  \nB  \n\"A Marian Wood book.\"  \nISBN 0-399-14718-7(hardback edition)  \n1.Afro-Americans—Poetry.2.Race awareness—Poetry.  \n3.Race relations—Poetry.I.Title.  \n00-062674811:54—dc21ISBN 0-399-14720-9(paperback edition)  \n# FICTION\n\n102  \nPrinted in the United States of America  \n10987654321  \nThis book is printed on acid-free paper◎  \nBook design byJudith Stagnitto Abbate/Abbate Design","cbCaihPpIOeMLkUx","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaihPpIOeMLkUx","pdf",3502111,136,"English","# Brutal Imagination\n## Two Cycles of Poems\n## Vision of the Black Man in White Imagination\n## “Running Man” and Barriers of Color, Class, and Caste","[{\"question\":\"How many poetry cycles are included in Brutal Imagination?\",\"answer\":\"The collection comprises two cycles of poems, each confronting the same subject: the black man in white America.\"},{\"question\":\"What is the focus of the first cycle titled for the book?\",\"answer\":\"It deals with the vision of the black man in white imagination, using language and perspective shaped by an invented narrator.\"},{\"question\":\"What themes does the second cycle “Running Man” emphasize?\",\"answer\":\"“Running Man” centers on the black family and the barriers of color, class, and caste that tear it apart.\"}]","Brutal Imagination - Poems | PDF",1791868803,209]