Frank X Walker Q&A introduces his series on Medgar Evers
Frank X Walker Q&A introduces his series of poems on Medgar Evers and introduces his poem “After Birth.”
Frank X Walker
After Birth
”Killing that nigger gave me no more inner discomfort than our wives endure when they give birth to our children.” -Byron de la Beckwith Like them, a man can conceive an idea, an event, a moment so clearly he can name it–even before it breathes. We both can carry a thing around inside for only […]
Frank X Walker Q&A introduces his poem “Homecoming”
Frank X Walker introduces his poem “Homecoming.”
Homecoming
“Pastoral scene of the gallant south…” -Billie Holiday (Strange Fruit) Byron de la Beckwith Sometimes it starts with a bonfire or begins with taunting and spitting quickly graduating to cursing and punching and kicking some body as hard as you can for the sheer joy of causing them pain as entertainment for the crowd now […]
Frank X Walker Q&A introduces his poem “Fire Proof”
Frank X Walker introduces his poem “Fire Proof.”
Fire Proof
Thelma de la Beckwith He would come home from evening rallies and secret meetings so in love with me I could never see nothing wrong with what he did with his hands. I just pretended I didn’t know what gunpowder smelled like or why he kept his guns so clean. If he walked through that […]
Frank X Walker Q&A introduces his poem “Sorority Meeting”
Frank X Walker introduces his poem “Sorority Meeting.”
Sorority Meeting
Myrlie Evers speaks to Thelma de la Beckwith My faith urges me to love you. My stomach begs me to not. All I know is that day made us sisters, somehow. After long nervous nights and trials on end we are bound together in this unholy sorority of misery. I think about you every time […]