ROPES 10th anniversary edition by Derrick Harriell. Acclaimed poetry collection featuring persona poems about the greatest boxers in American history. The book is a leading commentary on African American life and culture in the past 100 years. Harriell is an associate professor of African American Studies and English at the University of Mississippi, and the new director of the university’s African American Studies program. He is a past winner of the Mississippi Institute of Arts & Letters Prize in Poetry.