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Ladataan... Chasing Utopia: A Hybrid (2013)Tekijä: Nikki Giovanni
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Kirjaudu LibraryThingiin nähdäksesi, pidätkö tästä kirjasta vai et. Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta. This collection is a mixture of short personal essays and poetry. They focus on food, family, and social compassion. She has an engaging personal voice which comes through in both essays and poetry. The poems are mainly written in the present with a specific narrator and focused on universal concerns. They are meant to be read quickly, I believe. Her essays were fantastic: short, focused, carefully composed. They could only have been written by a poet. She can conjure up emotions and sensations in half a sentence. ( ) The book had me a the title story. Before I even read a poem. The poem's were treats in between, mini essay's about family history, school and "In Defense of Flowers." That essay outside of the title essay was breathless. That essay made me want to buy flowers on a weekly basis. Some of her poems are written for someone. Ex: Sonia Sanchez and Robert Champion (see Florida A&M marching band). Others such as the Golden Shovel Poem (page 119) are a lesson on how poetry history and why poetry matters. I thank the staff at East Cleveland Public Library for putting this book on top of the magazine shelves for Black History Month. näyttää 2/2 ei arvosteluja | lisää arvostelu
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From one of America's most celebrated poets, Nikki Giovanni, comes this poignant collection of poetry that celebrates the simple pleasures of everyday life and the bonds we share with those closest to us. "This slim volume delights on every page. There are stories, imaginings, whimsy, and startling images which prove the poet's power and her command of language . . . Anyone with a love of language will be delighted with this book and the continuing publication of America's treasured poet."--San Francisco Book Review The poetry of Nikki Giovanni has spurred movements and inspired songs, turned hearts and informed generations. She's been hailed as a healer and as a national treasure. But Giovanni's heart resides in the everyday, where family and lovers gather, friends commune, and those no longer with us are remembered. And at every gathering there is food--food as sustenance, food as aphrodisiac, food as memory. A pot of beans is flavored with her mother's sighs--this sigh part cardamom, that one the essence of clove; a lover requests a banquet as an affirmation of ongoing passion; homage is paid to the most time-honored appetizer: soup. With Chasing Utopia, Giovanni demands that the prosaic--flowers, birdsong, winter--be seen as poetic, and reaffirms once again why she is as energetic, "remarkable" (Gwendolyn Brooks), "wonderful" (Marian Wright Edelman),"outspoken, prolific, energetic" (New York Times), and relevant as ever. Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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