| Wannabe Hoochie Mama Gallery of Realities' Red Dress Code: New and Selected Poems Contributor(s): Moss, Thylias (Author) |
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ISBN: 0892554754 ISBN-13: 9780892554751 Publisher: Persea Books OUR PRICE: $26.96 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - African American |
| Dewey: 811.54 |
| LCCN: 2016004329 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.9" W x 9.1" (1.35 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A poet whose innovations have influenced generations of writers, Thylias Moss is a sort of taxonomist-preacher, whose profound meditation on American culture underlies and propels the dazzling lyrical and impassioned passages she writes in outraged response. This new volume gathers together substantial selections from her previous books and follows them with more than fifty pages of daring new work. Whether in early poems or more recent output, Moss make no promises of smooth sailing: even when they begin with beloved cultural icons (Robert Frost, Dr. Who, the Statue of Liberty), her poems spiral outward, insisting on new perspectives, truths, and realities--particularly of African American experience. For more than three decades, Moss has been a fearless re-inventor of poetry's possibilities. Her New & Selected is a momentous publication by "a visionary storyteller, a major figure in contemporary American poetry" (Charles Simic). |
Contributor Bio(s): Moss, Thylias: - Thylias Moss, a MacArthur Fellow and professor emerita of English at the University of Michigan, lives in Ypsilanti, Michigan. |