| Renaissance Contributor(s): Forman, Ruth (Author) |
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ISBN: 0807068411 ISBN-13: 9780807068410 Publisher: Beacon Press OUR PRICE: $18.81 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 1998 Annotation: "Stunning and beautiful, (her poems) use incantatory language that heals; through references to writers of the Harlem Renaissance, the work builds a bridge for a new generation" (Ann K. van Buren, "Library Journal"). Ruth Forman has appeared on "All Things Considered" two times and was featured in the PBS television program, "The United States of Poetry". |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - African American |
| Dewey: 811.54 |
| LCCN: 97020611 |
| Series: Bluestreak |
| Physical Information: 0.26" H x 5.27" W x 7.89" (0.30 lbs) 144 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Renaissance, Ruth Forman's second collection, speaks of the timeless themes of family, death, love, and rebirth in the inimitable voice Booklist called 'sexy, bittersweet, funny, feisty, and real.' With poetry that conveys a defiant, enlivened spirit and has won her acclaim, Ruth Forman measures the losses and celebrates the future of a generation. |