Her father's fatal illness. The inner life of an urban charity hospital. "Unfinished Ghost Stories." "American Sonnets." "Dreams." This is vintage Wanda Coleman, the poet of the people. Coleman wrote as a witness. She captured her world and its truths, of life with the constants of race, fear, poverty, gender, inequality, oppression. Through it all, there is passionate love and sexuality, humor and drama -- her work is full of startling confession and breathtaking power. The Nation said of Hand Dance : "Coleman's ...
Read More
Her father's fatal illness. The inner life of an urban charity hospital. "Unfinished Ghost Stories." "American Sonnets." "Dreams." This is vintage Wanda Coleman, the poet of the people. Coleman wrote as a witness. She captured her world and its truths, of life with the constants of race, fear, poverty, gender, inequality, oppression. Through it all, there is passionate love and sexuality, humor and drama -- her work is full of startling confession and breathtaking power. The Nation said of Hand Dance : "Coleman's poems are an act of liberation, meant to be experienced as something almost physical, like a punch or a whipping . . . she wants her language to express anger, to incite anger, and to shake all those who read it out of their complacency." A college dropout living in Black Los Angeles, Coleman was disregarded by the establishment during her lifetime. It's time for her work to be discovered by readers everywhere. Poet Terrance Hayes wrote, "Wanda Coleman was a great poet, a real in-the-flesh, flesh-eating poet who also happened to be a real black woman. Amid a life of single motherhood, multiple marriages, and multiple jobs that included waitress, medical file clerk, and screenwriter, she made poems. She denounced boredom, cowardice, the status quo. Few poets of any stripe write with as much forthrightness about poverty, about literary ambition, about depression, about our violent, fragile passions."
Read Less
Add this copy of Hand Dance to cart. $8.15, very good condition, Sold by Half Price Books Inc rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1993 by Black Sparrow Press.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Very good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!
Add this copy of Handdance Format: Hardback to cart. $10.16, new condition, Sold by indoo rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Avenel, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1993 by Black Sparrow Press.
Add this copy of Hand Dance to cart. $12.95, new condition, Sold by Bartleby's Vermont rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Wilmington, VT, UNITED STATES, published 1993 by Black Sparrow Press.
Add this copy of Hand Dance to cart. $13.00, good condition, Sold by Second Life Books Inc. rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lanesborough, MA, UNITED STATES, published 1993 by Black Sparrow.
Add this copy of Hand Dance to cart. $14.90, new condition, Sold by booksXpress, ships from Bayonne, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1993 by Black Sparrow Press.
Add this copy of Hand Dance to cart. $16.95, new condition, Sold by The Book House - Saint Louis rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from St. Louis, MO, UNITED STATES, published 1993 by Black Sparrow Press.
Add this copy of Hand Dance to cart. $25.51, like new condition, Sold by Book Forest rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from San Rafael, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1993 by Black Sparrow Press.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Fine. Text block, pages, boards and binding are pristine. Dust wrapper is like new. Well packaged and promptly shipped from California. Partnered with Friends of the Library since 2010.
Add this copy of Hand Dance (Jossey-Bass Social and Behavioral) to cart. $27.26, good condition, Sold by Friends of the Phoenix Library rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Phoenix, AZ, UNITED STATES, published 1993 by Black Sparrow Press.
Add this copy of Hand Dance to cart. $80.17, new condition, Sold by GridFreed rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from North Las Vegas, NV, UNITED STATES, published 1993 by Black Sparrow Press.
