The complete works of Pat Parker / edited by Julie R. Enszer.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Parker, Pat, 1944-1989, author.

Contributor:

• Enszer, Julie R., 1970- editor.

Series:

• Sinister wisdom ; 102.
• Sapphic classics
• Sinister wisdom

Standardized Title:

• Works. 2016

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Parker, Pat, 1944-1989--Criticism and interpretation.
• Parker, Pat, 1944-1989.
• African American women poets--History and criticism.
• Lesbians--Poetry.
• Lesbians.
• Race relations.
• African American lesbians.
• African American women poets.
• Criticism and interpretation.
• United States.
• African American lesbians--Poetry.
• Feminism in literature.
• United States--Race relations--Poetry.

Genre:

• Poetry.
• Criticism, interpretation, etc.
• American poetry.
• American drama.

Physical Description:

487 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Brookville, NY : A Midsummer Nights Press ; Dover, FL : Sinister Wisdom, Inc., 2016.

Language Note:

Text in English.

Summary:

"During her lifetime, Pat Parker was a renowned African-American, lesbian-feminist poet and performer. She was the author of Jonestown & Other Madness (1985), Movement in Black (1978, 1983, 1989, 1999), Womanslaughter (1978), Pit Stop (1974, 1975), and Child of Myself (1972, 1974). Her poems appeared in numerous journals, newspapers, and anthologies. With Judy Grahn, she recorded the album Where Would I Be Without You (Olivia Records, 1976), and one of her spoken poems appeared on the album Lesbian Concentrate.."-- Publisher's description.

Contents:

• Coming on strong: a legacy of Pat Parker / Judy Grahn
• Foreword / Audre Lorde
• Married
• Liberation fronts
• Movement in black
• Being gay
• Love poems
• New work
• Jonestown & other madness
• Prose
• Two plays
• Restored poems
• Uncollected poems: 1960s
• Uncollected poems: 1970s
• Uncollected poems: 1980s.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 475-480).

ISBN:

• 9781938334221
• 1938334221

OCLC:

961186214

Publisher Number:

99972579396