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This first volume of poetry established Walker as a poet of unusual sensitivity and power. All of the poems in this collection were written either in East Africa, where Walker spent the summer of 1965, or during her senior year at Sarah Lawrence College. ?Brief slashing poems-young and in the sun? (Muriel Rukeyser).

Info autore

ALICE WALKER is an internationally celebrated writer, poet, and activist whose books include seven novels, four collections of short stories, four children’s books, and volumes of essays and poetry. She won the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction in 1983 and the National Book Award.

Riassunto

This first volume of poetry established Walker as a poet of unusual sensitivity and power. All of the poems in this collection were written either in East Africa, where Walker spent the summer of 1965, or during her senior year at Sarah Lawrence College. “Brief slashing poems-young and in the sun” (Muriel Rukeyser).

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Walker, Alice Walker, Lawrie Walker
• Editore: Houghton Mifflin Company
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 15.03.1976
• EAN: 9780156687454
• ISBN: 978-0-15-668745-4
• Pagine: 96
• Dimensioni: 135 mm x 203 mm x 8 mm
• Peso: 109 g
• Serie: Harvest Book; Hb 337; Harvest Book; Hb 337
• Categorie: Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; Poetry, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Narrative theme: Sense of place, United States of America, USA, Politics and government, Literary essays, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Literature: history and criticism, Literary studies: poetry and poets, LITERARY CRITICISM: Poetry, POETRY: American / General, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Essays, POETRY: Anthologies (multiple authors), POETRY: Subjects & Themes / Death, Grief, Loss, POETRY: Subjects & Themes / Love & Erotica, POETRY: Subjects & Themes / Places, POETRY: Subjects & Themes / Family, LITERARY CRITICISM: Subjects & Themes / Politics, LITERARY CRITICISM: Subjects & Themes / Women, LITERARY CRITICISM: American / African American & Black, Relating to African American / Black American people