Experimental Love: Poetry
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| Rating | : | 4.77 (910 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1563410354 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 88 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Cheryl Clarke is perhaps the pre-eminent African-American lesbian poet writing today. With a heady command of language and the ability to work in a variety of forms, she continues her thematic explorations of love objects and death subjects.
Political, emotional, romantic MsTisha1@hotmail.com This is a great coffee table book and a great conversation piece. The poetry of this book evoked political debate, nostalgic reminiscing, quiet reflection and urgent lovemaking all in one package. I look forward to more works by Ms. Clarke.
/ Must you be courted so?" and who mulls the difficulties of dating "dykes": "A dyke wants commitment, / romance without abatement, / and unrelenting virtue-- / all before the first show of flesh." This is a poet with uncompromising visions and the uncompromising words to express them. Whitney Scott. From Booklist Whether she's contemplating the private life of Greta Garbo, fantasizing about unbuttoning her lover's clothes while dining in public, reporting the spontaneous uses of cucumbers, or recalling the civil rights movement, Clarke's work is unfailingly witty, perceptive, sexy, and sensual, taking us on her freedom train of thought and into her inner musings as she skewers social, racial, gender, and sexual-orientation inequities. / I'm only here for four. This is poetry by an in-your-face lesbian of color, a self-described bulldagger who asks a woman, "Why take so lo