Cairo Association of Teachers - Newsletter

CAT Tracks for June 24, 2006 BLUE FRONT

While browsing my usual "news outlets", I visited StaceEngland.com.

Stace reports in his news/blog:

• In other news, critically acclaimed New England poet Martha Collins has a new book of poetry out called Blue Front, about the Will James/Henry Salzner lynching in Cairo in 1909. GFCI listeners will recognize this as the subject of the song Equal Opportunity Lynch Mob.

  Incredibly, Collins' father witnessed the James lynching as young boy in Cairo and it left an indelible impression. Collins heard the story over the years and began investigating herself, which lead to this remarkable book. Martha bought our CD before her book was released, then her publicist at Graywolf Publishing was nice enough to send me a copy, which has been greatly enjoyed. This is very high profile literary release from a great publishing house and Blue Front is highly recommended by this group of musicians.

A link to a review of the book is provided below:
Blue Front