Blue heat : a portfolio of poems & drawings / Alexis De Veaux.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

De Veaux, Alexis, 1948-

Contributor:

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnicity--United States--Poetry.

Ethnicity.

Black people--Race identity--Poetry.

Black people.

Civilization.

Black people--Race identity.

Africa--Civilization--Poetry.

Africa.

United States.

Genre:

American poetry.

Poetry.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (inscription) (Banks Collection copy)

De Veaux, Alexis, 1948- (autograph) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

1 portfolio (48 pages) : illustrations ; 30 cm

Place of Publication:

Brooklyn, New York : Diva Publishing Associates, 1985.

Contents:

Altars: The Altar of Liberation; Rooms; Praise Song for My Sister Rose; A Poem for the Day of Your Wedding; Reception; Madeleine's Dreads; Physical Therapy

Blue Heat: Are There No More Prophets; Cheese Poem; In Any Language, Bread with Dignity; Cutting the Pattern of this Dream; But: who got the wings in Atlanta; ... And Then She Said; The Woman Who Lives in the Botanical Gardens; Don't Panic I Said; Everyone is Nicaragua; If They Come for You; One Letter Alphabet Song; Modern Day Living is Hard on Black Women

Electrified Magnets: Cuntery; Travel Bug; Death of an Idol; La Luna de mi Corazon; Twilight; Camp-itis; Complications of the Heart; Hangin Tuff; New Body: New Life:

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

Banks Collection copy inscribed "To Joanna with thanks! Alexis Nov/85".

OCLC:

13244608