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Smith, Patricia, 1955-
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Till, Emmett, 1941-1955 -- Poetry.
Blacks -- United States -- Poetry.
American poetry -- Black authors.
American poetry -- Women authors.
American poetry -- 21st century.
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Smith, Patricia, 1955-
Till, Emmett, 1941-1955 -- Poetry.
Blacks -- United States -- Poetry.
American poetry -- Black authors.
American poetry -- Women authors.
American poetry -- 21st century.
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Incendiary
art
:
poems
/ Patricia Smith.
by
Smith, Patricia, 1955-
TriQuarterly Books/Northwestern University Press, 2017.
Call #:
811.6 S656i
Subjects
Till, Emmett, 1941-1955 -- Poetry.
Blacks -- United States -- Poetry.
American poetry -- Black authors.
American poetry -- Women authors.
American poetry -- 21st century.
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View Patricia Smith's 2012 presentation at The Loft Literary Center, on YouTube.
ISBN:
9780810134331 (pbk.)
Description:
132 p. ; 22 cm.
Contents:
Incendiary
-- When black men drown their daughters -- Accidental -- Shotting into the mirror.
Summary:
"One of the most magnetic and esteemed poets in today's literary landscape, Patricia Smith fearlessly confronts the tyranny against the black male body and the tenacious grief of mothers. She writes an exhaustive lament for mothers of the "dark magicians," and revisits the devastating murder of Emmett Till. These dynamic sequences serve as a backdrop for present-day racial calamities and calls for resistance. Smith embraces elaborate and eloquent language - "her gorgeous fallen son a horrid hidden / rot. Her tiny hand starts crushing roses - one by one / by one she wrecks the casket's spray. It's how she / mourns - a mother, still, despite the roar of thorns"--As she sharpens her unerring focus on incidents of national mayhem and mourning. Smith envisions, reenvisions, and ultimately reinvents the role of witness with an
incendiary
fusion of forms, including prose
poems
, ghazals, sestinas, and sonnets. With
poems
impossible to turn away from, she reveals what is frightening, and what is revelatory, about history. Patricia Smith is the author of six volumes of poetry. She is an associate professor of English at CUNY/College of Staten Island"--Provided by publisher.
Genre:
American poetry.
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