Poem

My Father and I and Billy Two Rivers

Title	My Father and I and Billy Two Rivers
Author	Paul Muldoon

Instances of Publication

A published appearance of this poem.

Collection/Anthology	Year of Publication	Medium	View Details
Poems 1968-1998	2001	Print Collection	View Details

Publication Instance Details #1720

Collection/Anthology Details

Collection/Anthology	Poems 1968-1998
Date of Publication	2001
Publisher	Faber and Faber (UK)
Page Number(s)	111

Publication Overview

Translation	Is Multilingual	Explicit Irish Context?	Ekphrasis	Has Paratext?	Reference to News, Media or Technology
No	No	No	No	No	Yes

Details

Human Rights Issues	HR & Colonisation/Colonial Legacies Indigenous Rights (incl. culture & language)
War / Genocide Referenced	Genocide: Genocide of indigenous people in USA (pre 20th century)
Languages	English
Genre	Short Lyric
Medium	Print Collection
Notes	In this poem, father and son are watching a Native American and African-American wrestler on television. There are also references to the Boston Tea party and Native American History. First published in Quoof (1983).

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