SHORTLISTED FOR THE FORWARD PRIZE FOR BEST COLLECTION 2018 A New
York Times Notable Book of 2018 Even the men in black armor, the
ones Jangling handcuffs and keys, what else Are they so buffered
against, if not love's blade Sizing up the heart's familiar meat?
In Wade in the Water, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Tracy K. Smith's
signature voice - inquisitive, lyrical and wry - turns over what it
means to be a citizen, a mother and an artist in a culture
arbitrated by wealth, men and violence. The various connotations of
the title, taken from a spiritual once sung on the Underground
Railroad which smuggled slaves to safety in 19th-century America,
resurface throughout the book, binding past and present together.
Collaged voices and documents recreate both the correspondence
between slave owners and the letters sent home by African Americans
enlisted in the US Civil War. Survivors' reports attest to the
experiences of recent immigrants and refugees. Accounts of
near-death experiences intertwine with the modern-day fallout of a
corporation's illegal pollution of a major river and the
surrounding land; and, in a series of beautiful lyrical pieces, the
poet's everyday world and the growth and flourishing of her
daughter are observed with a tender and witty eye. Marrying the
contemporary and the historical to a sense of the transcendent,
haunted and holy, this is a luminous book by one of America's
essential poets.
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