The gospel of barbecue : poems / by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jeffers, Honorée Fanonne, 1967- author.

Series:

Wick poetry first book series.

Wick Poetry First Book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Poetry.

African Americans.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (72 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Kent, Ohio ; London, [England] : The Kent State University Press, 2000.

Summary:

"Honoree Jeffers is an exciting and original new poet, and the Gospel of Barbecue is her aptly titled debut work. These poems are sweet and sassy, hot and biting, flavored in an exciting blend of precise language and sharp and surprising imagery that delights. They leave a taste in your mouth, these poems; they are true to themselves and to the world. They are gospel, indeed, and this young poet will be heard more and more spreading the true word. Good news!"-Lucille Cliffton

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""I""; ""Tuscaloosa: Riversong""; ""II""; ""Ellen Craft""; ""Master: All is well but Lucy.""; ""The Gospel of Barbecue""; ""Music, Buzzing of Absence""; ""Eyes of Soon Children""; ""Only the Yellow""; ""Now My Mother Will Remember""; ""the beautiful saturdays""; ""To Keep from Shouting Something""; ""Bless All the Givers of Pain""; ""Cut Stalk of Hydrangeas""; ""Swing Low, Sweet Chariot""; ""Mary Don't You Weep""; ""Feast of Saint Agatha""; ""III""; ""Big Mama Thornton""; ""Memphis Resurrection""

""The Lady Esu-Elegbara Finally Speaks Out""""Bop: To Know You Is to Love You""; ""On Listening to the Two-Headed Lady Blow Her Horn""; ""azure ella""; ""Secondhand Blues""; ""I Was Looking at Miles""; ""Useless Things""; ""The Two Graces""; ""Confessions of the Colored Left at St.Thomas More School""; ""Poem for Me and Mine""; ""drink muddy water""; ""IV""; ""Down Home Blues""; ""hold it steady""; ""The Truth of It""; ""Dreams of My Father""; ""Where the Song Stops""; ""Ezekiel Saw de Wheel""; ""An Old Lady Told Me""; ""The Light Brigade""

""Wynton Marsalis Plays in Buckhead (Atlanta 2/2/92)""""To Touch God""; ""sunday dinner""; ""i am your courtier""; ""Missing Tolstoy""; ""Philly in the Light""; ""Prayer for Flat Rock""; ""Notes""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781631011276

1631011278

9781631011269

163101126X