Ancestral Voices

In Ancestral Voices, the scholar and poet Barton R. Friedman (1935-2009) draws upon a lifetime of deeply felt experience to create this collection. Composed at various points throughout his seventy-four years, the poems animate chronic issues in American society--race, class, war--and also give voice to personal moments of triumph, tragedy, love, and loss. Published now by his wife Sheila, and including remembrances by his family, here is the fruit of a rich and original spirit.