Buffalo Dance
Buffalo Dance: The Journey of York
POEMS BY Frank X Walker
Series: Kentucky Voices
Copyright Date: 2004
Published by: University Press of Kentucky
Pages: 88
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Buffalo Dance
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" Winner of the 35th Annual Lillian Smith Book Award, 2004 A BookSense 76 Spring 2004 Top 10 Poetry Book! Read an excerpt from the book Listen to Frank X Walker reading on NPR's ""This I Believe"" segment of Morning Edition. This collection of persona poems tells the story of the infamous Lewis & Clark expedition from the point of view of Clark's personal slave, York. The poems form a narrative of York's inner and outer journey, before, during and after the expedition--a journey from slavery to freedom, from the plantation to the great northwest, from servant to soul yearning to be free. Over the course of the saga and through the poems, we are treated to subtle and overt commentaries on literacy, slavery, native Americans, buffalo, the environment, and more. Though Buffalo Dance purposely references historic accounts and facts, it is fictionalized poetry, and Frank X Walker's rare blend of history and art breathes life into an important but overlooked historical figure. Frank X Walker is the author of Affrilachia and the soon to be released Black Box, two collections of poetry. He teaches in the department of English & Theatre and is the interim Director of the African/African American Studies Program at Eastern Kentucky University. He is also a visiting professor in Pan African Studies department at the University of Louisville. A 2004 recipient of the Lillian Smith Book Award, he lives in Lexington, KY. Click here for Frank Walker's website.

eISBN: 978-0-8131-2690-6
Subjects: Language & Literature, History
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  1. Front Matter
    Front Matter (pp. [i]-[vi])
  2. Table of Contents
    Table of Contents (pp. [vii]-[x])
  3. Preface
    Preface (pp. [xi]-[xii])
    Frank X Walker
  4. Acknowledgments
    Acknowledgments (pp. [xiii]-[xiii])
  5. [Illustrations]
    [Illustrations] (pp. [xiv]-[xvi])
  6. Wind Talker
    Wind Talker (pp. 1-2)
  7. Work Ethic
    Work Ethic (pp. 3-3)
  8. Godʹs House
    Godʹs House (pp. 4-5)
  9. Primer
    Primer (pp. 6-7)
  10. At Ease
    At Ease (pp. 8-8)
  11. Sundays and Christmas
    Sundays and Christmas (pp. 9-10)
  12. Calendar
    Calendar (pp. 11-11)
  13. Her Current
    Her Current (pp. 12-12)
  14. Medicine Men
    Medicine Men (pp. 13-14)
  15. Spirit Mound
    Spirit Mound (pp. 15-15)
  16. Wasicum Sapa
    Wasicum Sapa (pp. 16-16)
  17. Winter Leaf
    Winter Leaf (pp. 17-17)
  18. Buffalo Dance
    Buffalo Dance (pp. 18-19)
  19. No Offense
    No Offense (pp. 20-21)
  20. Leading Men
    Leading Men (pp. 22-22)
  21. Domestique
    Domestique (pp. 23-23)
  22. Work Song
    Work Song (pp. 24-24)
  23. Perfume
    Perfume (pp. 25-25)
  24. Black Magic
    Black Magic (pp. 26-26)
  25. Sandstone Thighs
    Sandstone Thighs (pp. 27-27)
  26. Mouths and Waters
    Mouths and Waters (pp. 28-28)
  27. The Portage
    The Portage (pp. 29-29)
  28. Sun Son
    Sun Son (pp. 30-30)
  29. Double Yolks
    Double Yolks (pp. 31-32)
  30. Ornithologists
    Ornithologists (pp. 33-33)
  31. Swap Meet
    Swap Meet (pp. 34-34)
  32. Promises
    Promises (pp. 35-35)
  33. Nomenclature
    Nomenclature (pp. 36-36)
  34. Respect House
    Respect House (pp. 37-37)
  35. Prosperity
    Prosperity (pp. 38-38)
  36. Vision Quest
    Vision Quest (pp. 39-39)
  37. Vision Quest II
    Vision Quest II (pp. 40-41)
  38. Ananse
    Ananse (pp. 42-42)
  39. Mythology
    Mythology (pp. 43-43)
  40. Earth Tones
    Earth Tones (pp. 44-44)
  41. Sweat Lodge
    Sweat Lodge (pp. 45-46)
  42. Doubt
    Doubt (pp. 47-48)
  43. Cold Hearted
    Cold Hearted (pp. 49-49)
  44. Sad Eye
    Sad Eye (pp. 50-50)
  45. Aurora Borealis
    Aurora Borealis (pp. 51-51)
  46. Electorate
    Electorate (pp. 52-52)
  47. Winter with Jonah
    Winter with Jonah (pp. 53-53)
  48. Majesty
    Majesty (pp. 54-54)
  49. Pompʹs Tower
    Pompʹs Tower (pp. 55-55)
  50. The Little Sneeze
    The Little Sneeze (pp. 56-56)
  51. York Haichu
    York Haichu (pp. 57-57)
  52. Pastry Chefs
    Pastry Chefs (pp. 58-58)
  53. Unravel
    Unravel (pp. 59-60)
  54. Revisionist History
    Revisionist History (pp. 61-61)
  55. Monticello
    Monticello (pp. 62-62)
  56. Souvenir
    Souvenir (pp. 63-63)
  57. Just Rewards
    Just Rewards (pp. 64-64)
  58. A Love Supreme
    A Love Supreme (pp. 65-65)
  59. Holy Water
    Holy Water (pp. 66-66)
  60. Ursa Major
    Ursa Major (pp. 67-67)
  61. Cumulonimbus
    Cumulonimbus (pp. 68-69)
  62. Birth Day
    Birth Day (pp. 70-70)
  63. About the Author
    About the Author (pp. 71-71)
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