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

Van Pelt Library PS3566 .A6847 2016
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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

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