Funeral diva / Pamela Sneed.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sneed, Pamela, author.

Standardized Title:

Works. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sneed, Pamela--Poetry.

Autobiographical poetry.

Genre:

Poetry.

Physical Description:

148 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : City Lights Books, [2020]

Summary:

"In this collection of personal essays and poetry, acclaimed poet and performer Pamela Sneed details her coming of age in New York City during the late 1980s. Funeral Diva captures the impact of AIDS on black queer life, and highlights the enduring bonds between the living, the dying, and the dead. Sneed's poems not only converse with lovers past and present, but also with her literary forebears- like James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Audre Lorde-whose aesthetic and thematic investments she renews for a contemporary American landscape. Offering critical focus on matters from police brutality to LGBTQ+ rights, Funeral Diva confronts the most pressing issues of our time with acerbic wit and audacity"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. History

2. Ila

3. Funeral diva

4. Never again

5. Untitled

6. Ruth vick

7. There is me/there is my mother

8. Mysti

9. Sidewalk rage

10. You can't get out from under

11. Twizzlers

12. Parable of the sower

13. Parable of the sower 2

14. Bey

15. Uprising

16. Post-election

17. Rope-a-dope

18. Silence = death

19. For donald woods

20. Hold tight

21. Survivor

22. Citizen

23. Circus acts

24. Black panther

25. Mask

26. Prophecy

27. Born frees

28. A new story

29. Marked safe

30. When the rainbow is enuf

31. A tale of two pandemics

32. I can't breathe.

Notes:

Lambda Literary Awards - Lesbian Poetry, Winner, 2021

ISBN:

9780872868113

0872868117

OCLC:

1145895026