# The Big Smoke

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- Book: [The Big Smoke](https://www.bookquiver.com/adrian-matejka/the-big-smoke) ([The Big Smoke.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/adrian-matejka/the-big-smoke.md))
- Authors: [Adrian Matejka](https://www.bookquiver.com/adrian-matejka)
- Publisher: penguin_books
- ISBN: 978-01-4312-372-9
- Pages: 128
- Published: 2013-05-28
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

A suite of poems examining the myth and history of the legendary prizefighter Jack Johnson—a finalist for both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award—from the author, with Youssef Daoudi,...