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mary wants to be a superwoman
Erica Et Al Lewis
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Description for mary wants to be a superwoman
Paperback. Num Pages: 108 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133. Weight in Grams: 271.
Being of African American, Native American, and white descent, erica lewis' poems recount her friends and family's--especially the women's--complex history with race, gender, and class in America, what it means to live with your own history, and how to move on. Each poem is framed by phrases from the lyrics of Stevie Wonder's Motown records, but the poems themselves are homages to her women kin, friends, and other contemporary women poets. And the dominant motif is brokenness. By intertwining the public and the personal, Lewis's poems become a membrane through which pop culture permeates the most intimate experiences of ... Read more
Being of African American, Native American, and white descent, erica lewis' poems recount her friends and family's--especially the women's--complex history with race, gender, and class in America, what it means to live with your own history, and how to move on. Each poem is framed by phrases from the lyrics of Stevie Wonder's Motown records, but the poems themselves are homages to her women kin, friends, and other contemporary women poets. And the dominant motif is brokenness. By intertwining the public and the personal, Lewis's poems become a membrane through which pop culture permeates the most intimate experiences of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Third Man Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
271g
Number of Pages
108
Place of Publication
TN, United States
ISBN
9780996401616
SKU
V9780996401616
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About Erica Et Al Lewis
erica lewis lives in San Francisco. Her books include daryl hall is my boyfriend (Barrelhouse 2015), murmur in the inventory (Shearsman Books), and the precipice of jupiter (Queue Books) and camera obscura (BlazeVox Books), both collaborations with artist Mark Stephen Finein. Tyrone Williams full-length collections of poetry include the Adventures of Pi (2011), and Howell (2011). Williams is the editor ... Read more
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