Everyday People

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Everyday People is written by Kevin Coval and published by . It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0970801270 (ISBN 10) and 9780970801272 (ISBN 13).

Coval's affinity for Chicago s crazy-quilt of ethnicities and races, the dreams of immigrants and seekers, infuse his poems with lamentation and exaltation as he celebrates uniqueness and commonality. Funny, sexy, and empathic, he riffs on the knot of family and the revelations kicked up by chance encounters, meditates on America's sorrows and beauty as he rides cross-country trains and a subway that rises from the shadows to the light on elevating tracks. Curious about everyone's story, Coval is an enemy of complacence and a believer in cross-pollination, and like the corner store he describes, his well-stocked poems contain beef jerky and sandalwood incense, that is, earth and spirit, body and soul. Donna Seaman --American Library Association Booklist (from amazon.com).