African Sleeping Sickness: Stories and Poems
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"Coleman is one of the decade's most moral poets, showing us in feverishly focused first- and third-person dramatic monologues the grim life of L.A.'s streets. It's impossible to paraphrase her... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0876858132
ISBN13:9780876858134
Release Date:December 1990
Publisher:Black Sparrow Pr
Length:332 Pages
Weight:1.10 lbs.
Dimensions:9.5" x 1.0" x 6.3"
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This poetry don't play
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
This book is actually two: 1979's "Mad Dog Black Lady" and the 1990 "African Sleeping Sickness". Both are incredibly powerful collections of poetry (with some stories), and the sheer volume of work contained here (328 pgs, with almost a poem for every 2 on average) is almost enough to make you OD on poetry. The work is strong stuff, with stories of love, sex and danger throughout, and Coleman's voice is so hardcore compelling you don't know if you should read the bok or run from it.Captures the biting energy of her short stories in poetic form. Wow.
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