Greed (Magill’s Choice: American Ethnic Writers)
At a glance:
- Author: Florence Anthony
- First Published: 1993
- Genres: Poetry
- Subjects: African Americans, Racism, Twentieth century, Slavery or slaves, Greed, Assassination, Scandal
The Work
Greed is a collection of poems about the identity of America in the late twentieth century. In dramatic monologues spoken by famous or obscure Americans, Ai exposes amorality in the institutions of society, business, and private life. For most of the speakers, America has not kept its promises. Truth and justice are illusions in a society made more vicious, because of greed, than the Darwinian struggle for survival among animals. Money, power, drugs, sex—these are the gods of late twentieth century America.
To the African American speakers, slavery is...
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