Absolute trust in the goodness of the earth : new poems / Alice Walker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Walker, Alice, 1944-

Contributor:

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poetry, Modern--20th century--Black authors.

Poetry, Modern.

Authors, Black.

Poetry, Modern--20th century--Women authors.

Women authors.

Poetry--Black authors.

Poetry--Women authors.

Genre:

Poetry.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copies 1 & 2)

Physical Description:

xxi pages, 1 unnumbered page, 229 pages, 5 unnumbered pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Random House, 2003.

Summary:

These poems by "one of the best American writers of today" ("The Washington Post") encourage readers to feel, understand, and connect with what it means to be fully human.

Contents:

I Can Worship You. I Can Worship you; The Love of Bodies; All the Toys; Poem for Aneta Chapman on Her 33rd Birthday; The Same as Gold

My Friend Calls. My Friend Calls; Coming Back from Seeing Your People; Someone I Barely Know; Despite the Hunger; My African; How Different You Are

New House Moves. New House Moves; Trapdoors to the Cellar Spring-Grass Green; Whiter Than Bone; Even When I Walked Away; Red Petals Sticking Out; Inside My Rooms

Let Change Play God. Refrigerator Poems; Just at Dusk; The Moment I Saw Her; A Native Person Looks up from the Plate; The Anonymous Caller; I Was So Puzzled by the Attacks; At First, It Is True, I Thought There Were Only Peaches & Wild Grapes; May 23, 1999; Reverend E. in Her Red Dress

All the People Who Work for Me & My Dog Too. All the People Who Work for Me & My Dog Too; The Snail Is My Power Animal; In Everything I Do; The Writer's Life; Grace; Loss of Vitality; Until I Was Nearly Fifty

Thanks for the Garlic. Thanks for the Garlic; The New Man; What Will Save Us; My Friend Arrived

Dead Men Love War. Dead Men Love War; Thousands of Feet Below You; Living off of Isolated Women; They Made Love

To Be a Woman. To Be a Woman; Thanksgiving; The Last Time I Left Our House; I Loved You So Much; Winning

Falling Bodies. Falling Bodes. Why the War You Have in Mind (Yours and Mine) Is Obsolete; Projection; When You Look

The Tree. The Tree; The Climate of the Southern Hemisphere; Where Is That Nail File? Where Are My Glasses? Have You Seen My Car Keys?

My Ancestors' Earnings. My Ancestors' Earnings; My Friend Yeshi; Ancestors to Alice; One of the Traps

Not Children. Not Children; You Can Talk; Goddess; Why War Is Never a Good Idea

The Award. The Award; Though We May Feel Alone; When We Let Spirit Lead Us; Dream; We Are All So Busy

The Backyard, Careyes. The Backyard, Careyes; Practice; Dreaming the New World in Careyes; Patriot; Because Light Is Attracted to Dark

When Fidel Comes to Visit Me. When Fidel Comes to Visit Me; No Better Life; Someone Should Have Taught You This; Dream of Frida Kahlo; My Mother Was So Wonderful

Aging. Aging; Some Things to Enjoy About Aging; Lying Quietly; Wrinkles; Life Is Never Over

Bring Me the Heart of María Sabina. If They Come to Shoot You; You Too Can Look, Smell, Dress, Act This Way; The Breath of the Feminine; Bring Me the Heart of María Sabina.

Notes:

"The author is committed to preserving ancient forests and natural resources and wishes to acknowledge Random House for printing this book on paper that is 100 percent postconsumer recycled fibers and processed chlorine free."

"Book design by Mercedes Everett."

"Minion is a 1990 Adobe Originals typeface by Robert Simbach. Minion is inspired by classical, old-style typefaces of the late Renaissance, a period of elegant, beautiflu, and highly readable type designs."--About the Type.

"Jacket design: Lisa Hamilton. Jacket photograph: William Poy Lee."

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copies 1 & 2 presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

Banks Collection copies 1 & 2: dustjackets retained.

Banks Collection copy 2 has "First Edition" statement wanting.

ISBN:

0375509046

9780375509049

OCLC:

49925463

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