Tender.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Derricotte, Toi

Series:

Pitt poetry series.

Pitt Poetry Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American poetry--20th century.

American poetry.

American poetry--African American authors.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, 1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Toi Derricotte's fourth collection of poetry. Tender probes sexuality, spirituality, emotion, child abuse, mother hatred, and the physical and psychological ravages of violence. These poems are raw and upsetting in subject matter, yet extremely readable.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Preface

Tender

I.

Exits From Elmina Castle: Cape Coast, Ghana

II.

When My Father Was Beating Me

III.

Black Boys Play the Classics

Shoe Repair Business

Brother

Family Secrets

After a Reading at a Black College

For Black Women Who Are Afraid

Passing

Inventory

Bookstore

At a Cocktail Party Honoring a Noted Old Southern Writer

Workshop on Racism

IV.

Invisible Dreams

Two Poems

V.

1:30 A.M.

VI.

Dead Baby Speaks

VII.

The Body Awakening

For Sharan Strange, After a Reading

For Sister Sue Ellen and Her Special Messenger

At Wintergreen: A Retreat for African-American Women Writers

The Origins of the Artist: Natalie Cole

On Katchimac Bay: Homer, Alaska

Coming

From a Letter: About Snow

Death at Still Point

The Blessing

Not Forgotten

The Touch

Grace Paley Reading

In the Mountains

On the Miracle of the Crying Statue: Before You Begin

Clitoris.

Notes:

Preliminaries omitted.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-8229-7852-0

OCLC:

891383482