Red wilderness : poems /

In defiance of life's intractable march forward, Red Wilderness by Aaron Coleman (Winner of the 2020 GLCA New Writers Award) unearths and deconstructs the past that haunts our country and ourselves. Coleman's second collection interpolates American history with his own family's legacy...

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Main Author: Coleman, Aaron (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Tribeca, New York : Four Way Books, [2025].
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