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The Big Smoke

Adrian Matejka -The Big Smoke

Adrian Matejka reads “Battle Royale,” “Prize Fighter,” and other poems from his third collection, The Big Smoke (Penguin Books, 2013), which focus on the life of Jack Johnson, the first African American world heavyweight boxing champion. Matejka is the new poet laureate of Indiana, succeeding Shari Wagner.

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Adrian Matejka
The Big Smoke
Penguin Books
2013
2017
reading
poet laureate

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