Searchin' For Psychedelica

Searchin' for Psychedelica is a seamless blend of physical and metaphysical issues. The imagery is still the core of McInnis' work, painting pictures that baptize our faded black and white reality in a rainbow of magic realism, making it known that McInnis is searching for more than the trinkets of physical gratification, showing that activities such as sex and drug abuse are merely humanity's misguided attempt to gain inner peace. This collection contains two of McInnis' most noted and requested poems. "Mississippi Like" shows that the struggle for African Americans to develop a positive sense of self is a metaphysical journey. "My Journey," shows that McInnis' ultimate journey is the liberation of the individual from the mindlessness of the masses. Thus, the joy that the reader finds is created by McInnis' ability to take his individual plight and parallel it to the plight of others seeking to release themselves from the dead-end cage of the social and physical restraint.

Author: C. Liegh McInnis
Publisher: Claude L. McInnis
Published: 03/25/2009
Pages: 98
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.34lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.23d
ISBN: 9780965577540

About the Author
C. Liegh McInnis is an instructor of English at Jackson State University, the publisher and editor of Black Magnolias Literary Journal, and the author of seven books, including four collections of poetry, one collection of short fiction (Scripts: Sketches and Tales of Urban Mississippi), and one work of literary criticism (The Lyrics of Prince: A Literary Look at a Creative, Musical Poet, Philosopher, and Storyteller). He has presented papers at national conferences, such as College Language Association and the Neo-Griot Conference, and his work has appeared in Bum Rush the Page: A Def Poetry Jam, Sable, New Delta Review, The Black World Today, In Motion Magazine, MultiCultural Review, A Deeper Shade, and New Laurel Review. He has also been invited by colleges and libraries all over the country to read his poetry and fiction and to lecture on various topics, such creative writing and various aspects of African American literature, music, and history. McInnis can be contacted through Psychedelic Literature, 203 Lynn Lane, Clinton, MS 39056, (601) 925-1281, psychedeliclit@bellsouth.net.

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