Cover of Hum

Book 2013

Hum

2 readers

Language
English
Published
2013
  • American poetry
  • African American authors

"In May's debut collection, the human body is machine, manufactured in the motor city, alive with the urban sounds and beats. Poems buzz and purr like well-oiled chassis. Grit and trial and song thrum through each line. Tight syntax, finely tuned internal rhyme, and punchy consonants percuss each poem's beat like an unfailing 808 drum"--