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David Harry Walker CM MBE (9 February 1911 – 5 March 1992) was a Canadian novelist. He was born in Dundee, Scotland , later moving to St Andrews, New Brunswick , Canada, where he began his career as a writer.
David Walker (September 28, 1796 – August 6, 1830) [a] was an American abolitionist, writer, and anti-slavery activist. Though his father was enslaved, his mother was free; therefore, he was free as well ( partus sequitur ventrem ).
A further poignant episode is Walker's gentle description of his mother's decline into dementia and subsequent death. [4] Despite these tragedies the book's premise is one of joy and optimism. This is achieved through the author's wit and good-natured humour in the face of misfortune. A single example in the first chapter sets the tone of the book.
The line "a genius of the South" comes from a poem by Jean Toomer, whom Walker applauds for his "sensitivity to women and his ultimate condescension toward them". [7] Walker's exploration for the black writers of the past connects to her search for the kind of books that are underrepresented in American literature.
All of which makes for a rarity in contemporary poetry: It's what book clubs call "readable."" [6] David Kirby of The New York Times likened the "whimsy" of Actual Air to the works of poets Mark Halliday and Campbell McGrath, but felt "In their poems, though, whimsy always leads to serious ideas and emotions that don't consistently materialize ...
Older readers may understand the desire to look for arrowheads while out walking: to "hold one in my hand / I want to touch the tip of history."" [2] Rachel E. Schwedt and Janice DeLong in their book Young Adult Poetry said that "the simple language makes the poems accessible, while the astute reflections encourage an awareness of the ...
The author writes about the relationship between nature and time. The seasons are personified in the second book, Spring Water, to symbolize the time passing by. The poem "Autumn is late./The leaves of the trees put on red garments" [16] symbolizes the relationship between nature and the time. Another poem, "Sunflower faces these men who have ...
The poem begins with three sections describing the wind's effects upon earth, air, and ocean. In the last two sections, the poet speaks directly to the wind, asking for its power, to lift him up and make him its companion in its wanderings. The poem ends with an optimistic note which is that if winter days are here then spring is not very far.